ISLAMABAD, Apr 2 (APP): Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit- Baltistan Chaudhry Barjees Tahir has said that linking far-flung areas of the country through highways and motorways was vision of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. He said the road infrastructure furthers economic development and creates national harmony by linking various parts of the country with one another, Radio Pakistan reported on Saturday. The minister said Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan were being given priority in road infrastructure.
Minister Anusha Rahman to attend IT summit
KARACHI, April 2 (APP): Federal Minister of IT and Telecom Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan and Managing Director, Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) have confirmed to attend the 4th edition of Pakistan CIO Summit and 2nd IT Showcase Pakistan 2016. Both the events are scheduled to be held on April 5-6, 2016 at a local hotel in Karachi, the organizer said in a statement Saturday. The dual events are widely considered as the biggest platform that amalgamates cios, IT Heads, IT professionals, policy makers and decision makers from Pakistan and abroad.
Trails-3 attracts visitors of twins cities for its unique flora
ISLAMABAD, April 2 (APP): Trail-3 of Margallah Hills National Park has been the main attraction for large number of visitors from twins cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad due to its unique plants along the route as comapred to other Trails of the parks. With the advent of spring season, especilly March and April, it is the time to enjoy Kachnar buds as vegetables as these would become beautiful white flowers at a later stage. Eventually, it adds to natural beauty of the track. Hiking and towering the trail, vistors were seen busy in plucking Kachnar buds of sizeable quanity as cooking stuff. A group of children, hailing from nearest villages were also seen collecting Kachnar buds for their families, besides selling these at Rs 80 per Kg in different markets of federal capital.
PM approves appointments in bureaucracy
ISLAMABAD, Apr 1 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday gave approval to the appointment of Zahid Saeed as new Chief Secretary Punjab. Khizer Gondal has been appointed as Federal Secretary Industries and Arif Azeem made Officer on Special Duty, a PM’s Office statement said issued here.
Pakistanis believe in peaceful co-existence: Pervaiz
ISLAMABAD, April 1 (APP): Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid Friday said the people of Pakistan were a civilized nation, who believed in peaceful co-existence. Addressing the opening ceremony of 10-day ‘Lok Mela’ here at the Lok Virsa Complex, he said some elements were trying for the last 16 years to project Pakistan as a disturbed state. “But, we have proven that Pakistan is a country whose people are civilized, want peaceful co-existence and share happy moments with each other,” he said.
Dar meets COAS at GHQ to discuss Army budget
ISLAMABAD April 1 (APP): Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar on Friday called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif at the General Headquarters here.During the meeting, matters related to Army budget were discussed in detail, said an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement.
Nothing can come in way of Pak-Iran ties: Nisar
ISLAMABAD, April 1 (APP): Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Friday said Pakistan and Iran were tied in decades long religious, social, cultural and political bonds and that nothing could come in the way of brotherly Pak-Iran relations. He was talking to Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoost, who called on him here at the Punjab House. Matters relating to Pak-Iran bilateral relations, Iranian President’s recent visit to Pakistan and the assistance sought from the Government of Iran regarding arrest of a RAW agent from Balochistan were discussed, said a press release. The two sides expressed satisfaction over the recent visit of President Hassan Rouhani to Pakistan.
Pakistan attaches great importance to nuclear security: Fatemi
WASHINGTON, April 1 (APP): Pakistan attaches great importance to strengthening global nuclear security and fully shares global concern that nuclear materials and facilities must never fall into the wrong hands, Syed Tariq Fatemi, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs said. Speaking at a dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for leaders attending the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington on Thursday night, Fatemi said, “Pakistan has ratified the 2005 Amendment to The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM).” “This was a commitment that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made at the 2014 Hague Summit. Our delivering on this commitment demonstrates the importance we attach to strengthening global nuclear security architecture,” Fatemi said.
Cameron assures continuing support to strengthen Pakistan's economy
WASHINGTON, April 1 (APP): British Prime Minister David Cameron has assured his country’s full support to Pakistan in areas of economy and security and said that enemies of Pakistan would be viewed as enemies of Britain. The scheduled bilateral meeting of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs Syed Tariq Fatemi with British National Security Adviser (NSA) Sir Mark Lyall Grant, on the side-lines of the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS), turned into a call on the British Prime Minister. Prime Minister Cameron is among world leaders who are attending the Nuclear Security Summit being hosted by US President Barack Obama.
EAD directed to ensure payment of maturing Euro bond of 2006
ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP): Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar Sunday said that the finance ministry has asked the State Bank of Pakistan to retire US$500 Euro bond floated in 2006. Talking to mediamen here, the finance minister said that the bond has matured on March 31, so the finance ministry has issued authorization to SBP for repayment. It is pertinent to mention here that the bond was issuedduring the Pervez Musharraf and Shaukat Aziz led regime.