LONGi and Pak Datacom have an agreement to make the telecom sector green

ISLAMABAD, 30 OCT. LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd. of China and Pak Datacom Ltd. have partnered to make Pakistan’s telecom sector “sustainable and green” because Pakistan is one of the nations most susceptible to the negative effects of climate change. LONGI and Pak Datacom has reportedly signed an MoU to collaborate, produce green energy, […]

China and Pakistan work together fully on sesame

HEBEI, 31 October In H1 of current year, Pakistan’s sesame export to China increased by 46%. Sesame experts from China and Pakistan have chosen and exchanged seeds for crop breeding, and future collaboration on sesame planting and harvesting is planned within the framework of CPEC. “In November, the Ayub Agriculture Research Institute (AARI) in Faisalabad […]

Dar cautions dollar hoarders

Ishaq Dar, the finance minister, emphasised that the fair value of the rupee “is 180-200 to a dollar” and threatened to take harsh measures against those who hoard, smuggle, and manipulate US dollars and keep the rupee low. While presiding over meetings with the presidents and CEOs of commercial banks and representatives of exchange businesses […]

The Finance Minister and the Chinese Envoy discuss the CPEC and bilateral relations

ISLAMABAD: Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, federal minister for finance and revenue, met with Donald Blome, the US ambassador to Pakistan, and Nong Rong, the ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, on Friday. The Finance Ministry said Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, the federal minister for finance and revenue, had a visit from US Ambassador to […]

CCP suggests actions to boost effectiveness along 10 food commodities’ value chains

ISLAMABAD, Oct. 29: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has finished a draught study to address market distortions and encourage efficiency and competition in the value chain of ten essential food commodities, including onion, edible oil and ghee, potato, poultry, wheat, sugar, milk, rice, tomato, and pulses. A typical household spends 63% of its monthly […]

Commercial bank executives meet with Dar

ISLAMABAD, Oct. 29: On Saturday, the President/CEOs of the top commercial banks met with Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Minister for Finance and Revenue. Finance SAPM Senior personnel from the Finance Division and the State Bank of Pakistan, as well as Tariq Bajwa, Tariq Pasha, Governor of the SBP, and Jameel Ahmad attended the meeting. Senator […]

PM’s China visit to mark the conclusion of diverse agreements, advance CPEC cooperation

ISLAMABAD, 29 Oct. On Friday, Pakistan announced that the visit of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to China the following week would signify the completion of memoranda of understanding and agreements in several different fields and assist forward the agenda of bilateral cooperation. Asim Iftikhar, a spokesperson for the Foreign Office, stated during a weekly press […]

Launch of “Cafe Tourism” in Gwadar

In accordance with the principles of Gwadar’s initial tourism plan under the Smart Port City Master Plan, Gwadar cafe tourism has begun. After two Gwadar residents, Fahad Ishaq and Qadeer transformed their family boat into a cafe, the first of its kind in the area of Gwadar city, cafe tourism has taken off, astonishing and […]

Under CPEC, a significant railroad project was approved

KARACHI, 28 Oct. On Thursday, Pakistan and China decided to launch the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project and the Mainline-1 (ML-1) railway from Karachi to Peshawar. Instead of using a PPP model, the KCR project for Pakistan Railway will begin under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Speaking to the media on Thursday, Federal Minister for […]