ONBOARD SPECIAL FLIGHT, April 15 (APP): President Mamnoon
Hussain on Friday said Pakistan and Turkey would finalize the Free
Trade Agreement (FTA) by September this year to further promote and encourage trade between the two brotherly countries.

“This issue came under discussion during my meetings with the
Turkish President and PM and we will finalise FTA by September 2016,” the President said while talking to mediapersons on board his special flight on way back to Islamabad from Istanbul.

The President, who represented Pakistan at the 13th Islamic
Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation hosted by Turkey from April 14 to 15, was very hopeful about the results of Istanbul Summit.

ISLAMABAD, Apr 15 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Friday announced monetary compensation for the affectees of recent
landslides in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Under the compensation package, the owners of the completely
damaged houses would get Rs 5,00,000 each, while a sum of Rs 2,50,000 would be given to the owners of partially damaged houses, said a press release of the PM office media wing.

The Prime Minister said that he would soon visit the areas
affected by the landslides and personally meet the affectees.

ISLAMABAD, Apr 15 (APP): Ministry of Foreign Affairs Friday
briefed envoys of Arab countries and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), based in Islamabad, over the subversive activities of the Indian Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) inside Pakistan.

They were briefed over the arrest of RAW’s officer Kulbushan
Yadav and his confession about the Indian sponsored subversive activities and terrorist financing to destabilize Pakistan, said a press release of the Foreign Office.

It was emphasized that in order to achieve regional peace
and stability, it was imperative that India should immediately
stop its interference in Pakistan and resolve all contentious
issues, including the Jammu and Kashmir dispute through the
process of sustained dialogue.

ISLAMABAD, Apr 15 (APP): Minister of Information, Broadcasting
and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid and PML N Senator
Mushahid Ullah on Friday called on Chairman Pakhtoonkhaw Milli Awami
Party (PMAP), Mehmood Khan Achakzai here.

They briefed the PMAP leader about PML N government stance on
Panama leaks.

The minister said that the PML N was ready to prove truth of
its stance through an independent inquiry.

ISLAMABAD, Apr 15 (APP): Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Prof. Ahsan Iqbal Friday proposed China-Pakistan business platform for joint production in economic zones under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

He also proposed for working out a mechanism for training of Pakistani human resource in Shandong province to learn about setting up and management of economic zones in Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD, Apr 15 (APP): Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Friday urged all political parties to give mandate to inquiry commission on Panama Leaks to reveal the reality before the nation.

In an interview to a news channel, he said the independent, powerful, and neutral commission on Panama Leaks would be formed to investigate the matter of 200 Pakistani mentioned in Panama reports.

The government has contacted with retired judges of Supreme Court to carry out transparent inquiry on the issue, he added. He said the Prime Minister has nothing to do with Panama Leaks as his name was not mentioned in the reports.