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Sister City Relationship between Murree and Chinese City of Dujiangyan
19May By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Sister City Relationship between Murree and Chinese City of Dujiangyan

Sister City Relationship between Murree and Chinese City of DujiangyanIn order to further cement people-to-people exchanges and enhance practical cooperation, Pakistani city of Murree and the Chinese city of Dujiangyan signed a Letter of Intent, for establishment of sister city relationship.The singing ceremony was held in the famous Lidui Park of Dujiangyan. Murree was represented by Ambassador Moin ul Haque, while Mayor Zhang Yadan, signed on behalf of Dujiangyan.The cooperation agreement has been especially envisaged keeping in view the picturesque setting of the two cities amidst green hills and their touristic strengths. The experience sharing of Dujiangyan of hosting and managing more than 30 million tourists annually would help the city of Murree in its own plans to ma...
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CASS SEMINAR ON HARNESSING THE POTENTIAL OF THE YOUNG POPULATION: A PATH TO ECONOMIC SECURITY
19May By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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CASS SEMINAR ON HARNESSING THE POTENTIAL OF THE YOUNG POPULATION: A PATH TO ECONOMIC SECURITY

CASS SEMINAR ON HARNESSING THE POTENTIAL OF THE YOUNG POPULATION: A PATH TO ECONOMIC SECURITYThe Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies (CASS), Lahore, conducted a seminar on harnessing the vast untapped potential of Pakistan’s young population. The event featured a diverse panel of speakers with substantial experience across the public, private, development, and corporate sectors.Dr Salman Shah, a prominent economist and former Finance Minister, emphasised on harnessing human potential through enhancing productivity and competitiveness. Nadir Salar Qureshi, Chief Information Officer of Engro Corp, shed light on nurturing young talent by imparting practical skills for ensuring a quick turnaround through remittances and the gig economy to plug the gaping current account deficit...
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Federal Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif
19May By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Federal Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif

Federal Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz SharifFederal Cabinet approves decisions taken in National Security Committee (NSC) meeting held on May 16. Briefing to members of Prime Minister's Cabinet on visit to Iran. Want to increase cooperation with Iran in various fields: Prime Minister. Agreement on further improvement of security on the 900 km long Pak-Iran border: Prime Minister. Import of low-cost electricity from Iran will bring development and prosperity to remote areas of Balochistan. The effects of reduction in petrol and diesel prices should be conveyed to the public immediately.Ministry of Interior and district administration across the country should ensure reduction in prices of other items. Strict action should be taken against illegal profi...
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دالبندین۔پاکستان آرمی یونٹ 23 پنجاب رجمنٹ کی جانب سے آرمی کیمپ میں چاغی پولیس کے جوانوں کی پاسنگ آؤٹ تقریب کا انعقاد کیا گیا
19May By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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دالبندین۔پاکستان آرمی یونٹ 23 پنجاب رجمنٹ کی جانب سے آرمی کیمپ میں چاغی پولیس کے جوانوں کی پاسنگ آؤٹ تقریب کا انعقاد کیا گیا

دالبندین۔پاکستان آرمی یونٹ 23 پنجاب رجمنٹ کی جانب سے آرمی کیمپ میں چاغی پولیس کے جوانوں کی پاسنگ آؤٹ تقریب کا انعقاد کیا گیا ـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ تقریب کے مہمان خاص جناب ڈی آئی جی رخشان رینج نزیر احمــــــد کرد،ڈپٹی کمشنر چاغی حسین جان بلوچ،ایس پی چاغی میر عبــــــــدالعزیز جکھرانی ،اسسٹنٹ کمشنر دالبندین عبدالباسط بزدار ویگر تھے جنہیں پاکستان آرمی کے آفیسران نے ویلکم کیا اس موقع پر قبائلی عمائدین ،انجمن تاجران دالبندین ، پولیس و آرمی کے آفیسران موجود تھے۔ تقریب کے مہمان خاص ڈی آئی جی رخشان رینج نزیر احمد کرد ،ڈپٹی کمشنر چاغی حسین بلوچ اور ایس پی چاغی میر عبدالعزیز جکھرانی نے اپنے خیالات کا اظہار کیا اس موقع پر لیفٹننٹ کرنل حافظ گل احمد صاحب کا شکریہ ادا کیا اور ٹرینر آرمی کے آفیسران، پولیس کے جوانوں کو خراج تحسین پیش کیا۔اس موقع پر پولیس کے جوانو...
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Fourth Round of Pakistan-Ireland Bilateral Political Consultations
19May By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Fourth Round of Pakistan-Ireland Bilateral Political Consultations

Fourth Round of Pakistan-Ireland Bilateral Political ConsultationsThe Fourth Session of Bilateral Political Consultations (BPC between Pakistan and the Republic of Ireland was held in Islamabad on 18 May 2023. Pakistan delegation was led by Ambassador Muhammad Salem, Additional Foreign Secretary (Europe) while the Irish delegation was led by Ms. Sonja Hyland, Deputy Secretary General at Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland. The Ambassador of Ireland to Pakistan Ms. Sonya McGuiness, Resident in Ankara, was also part of the Irish delegation. The two sides reviewed the entire spectrum of bilateral relations. The Additional Secretary underscored Pakistan's commitment to further deepening and broadening of ties with Ireland in the areas of trade, academic exchanges, culture, sports, sc...
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Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif’s visit to Peshawar
19May By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif’s visit to Peshawar

Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif's visit to PeshawarPrime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif will reach Peshawar today. The Prime Minister will visit Radio Pakistan Peshawar, whose building was attacked on May 9, 2023. The Prime Minister will be briefed on the damage and restoration work of Radio Pakistan building, records and broadcasting.The Prime Minister will also go to the Governor House where he will be briefed on law and order and the political leadership of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will also meet the Prime Minister.Editor: Raja Kamran
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Remarks on meeting with H.E. Dr. Ebrahaim Raisi
19May By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Remarks on meeting with H.E. Dr. Ebrahaim Raisi

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Remarks on meeting with H.E. Dr. Ebrahaim RaisiPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told about his meeting with H.E. dr. Ebrahaim Raisi, President of Iran.He said "I had a very constructive and fruitful meeting with H.E. Dr. Ebrahaim Raisi, President of Iran. We agreed to double down on our collective efforts to fully unpack the potential of our bilateral ties. We have prioritized the areas of trade, investment, information technology, agriculture & power for the roadmap of future cooperation. For this purpose, accelerating the pace of work on FTA will be given a priority.It was a memorable day for the people of Balochistan yesterday. The joint inauguration of Mand-Pishin border market & Polan-Gabd transmission line will uplift the standard of l...
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Chairman NDMA participated as delegation leader in an event on DRR & resilience in infrastructure at UN HQs, USA
18May By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Chairman NDMA participated as delegation leader in an event on DRR & resilience in infrastructure at UN HQs, USA

Chairman NDMA participated as delegation leader in an event on DRR & resilience in infrastructure at UN HQs, USAChairman NDMA LtG Inam Haider Malik participated as delegation leader in an event on Accelerating implementation of DRR & resilience in infrastructure at UN HQs, USA. The event was part of High-Level Meeting of Midterm Review for Implementation of the Sendai Framework for DRR. Chairman highlighted crucial role of DRR for developing economies & laid stress on innovative approaches based on local needs. He added that SDGs need to be met through unified global efforts. He stated  that Pakistan demonstrated resolve is act of brilliance amidst economic odds but still facing risks of multiple hazards simultaneous coded disasters whereby still under  recovery mode afte...
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Ambassador of Qatar Sheikh Saud bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani met with Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah
18May By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Ambassador of Qatar Sheikh Saud bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani met with Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah

Ambassador of Qatar Sheikh Saud bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani met with Federal Interior Minister Rana SanaullahAmbassador of Qatar Sheikh Saud bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani met with Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah. Discussions on issues of mutual interest including bilateral relations between Pakistan and Qatar. The Qatari ambassador has expressed the desire to increase the workforce of Pakistanis in Qatar.250,000 Pakistanis are employed in Qatar. Agreed to take the Pakistani manpower in Qatar up to 6.5 million. Qatari citizens will be provided visa facility on arrival in Pakistan. Both countries agreed to continue full cooperation to deal with internal and security challenges. A special discussion was held to further promote tourism and trade between Pakistan and Qatar.Ther...
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JUI’s five-member parliamentary delegation reached China on a five-day visit
18May By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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JUI’s five-member parliamentary delegation reached China on a five-day visit

JUI's five-member parliamentary delegation reached China on a five-day visitThe delegation is led by JUI Central Secretary General Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Hydari. The delegation includes MNA Maulana Jamaluddin, Balochistan MPs Younis Zehri, Sham Lal and Asghar Tareen. JUI's parliamentary delegation will hold meetings with the leaders of China's ruling party, the Communist Party of China.The delegation will also meet with the Chinese business community. Pakistan-China bilateral relations and development issues of both countries will be discussed in the meetings.Issues related to CPEC will also be discussed in the meetings.Editor: Raja Kamran
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