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Ramadan 11 1468 AH.

Pakistan wants balanced relations with regional countries Spokesman to the Prime Minister Dr. Musadik Malik has said that Pakistan’s foreign policy was of maintaining balanced relations with regional countries. Talking to a private news channel, he said, “The government had adopted foreign policy based on economic development and Pakistan was following it.” Musadik Malik said, “The government had held many meetings with heads of Iran and Afghanistan to develop our relations.” “Huge Chinese investment under ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was evident of our effective foreign policy,” he said. He said, “The government has clear policy of economic development and to get access to central Asian states for trade was our goal.” Dr. Musadik said, “CPEC was center point of our foreign policy and economic development and it would change fate of the entire region.” Punjab govt to privatize 10,000 schools across province The Education Department Punjab has announced to outsource around ten thousand government schools located across the province, including Rawalpindi Division, to private sector. After this decision, Education Department P u njab m a de a for m al announcement to handover the primary, middle and high School control to private sector. Secretary Education Punjab has sought a list of all schools, which should be outsourced in this phase and process will be completed during the ongoing summer vacations. However, various teachers associations have expressed reservations on this decision. Nehal Hashmi takes back resignation from Senate Former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) member Nehal Hashmi asked the Senate chair man on Tuesday not to consider his resignation from the upper house. Hashmi had handed in his resignation as a PML-N senator after PML-N leadership had asked Hashmi to resign following his recent incendiary remarks against the judiciary. As a result, Hashmi, who had been suspended from the party had submitted his resignation to Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani. On Monday, Hashmi failed to show up in Rabbani’s office to personally verify his resignation. Crude oil production stands at 24.2 mbl in nine months Pakistan’s domestic crude oil production stood at 24.2 million barrels (mbl) in first three quarters of the current fiscal year as compared to 24 mbl during the corresponding period last year. “Indigenous resources of oil are not enough to quench energy thirst of a growing economy, so the country imported 5.9 million tones crude oil to meet its domestic needs from July 2016 to March 2017,” official sources said. They said the government was making all-out efforts to accelerate oil and gas exploration activities in different potential areas of the country, for which it would spend Rs 554.291 million in the next fiscal year.

China defends Pakistan on terrorism ahead of SCO Summit

China has defended its allweather ally Pakistan on the issue of terrorism ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit, saying tackling the threat posed by terrorism was not something that ‘one country’ alone can successfully do, the Indian media reported on Tuesday. China’s Assistant Foreign Minister Li Huilai, during a media briefing in Beijing, sidestepped a question on Afghanistan blaming Pakistan’s intelligence

agency for the recent bomb attacks in Kabul, saying China condemned the recent terrorist assaults in Afghanistan, Britain and the Philippines. “China strongly condemns these violent terrorist incidents and in fact we oppose all forms of terrorism,” he said. “At present the international community in terms of opposing terrorism has broad consensus, and all parties emphasise that tackling the threat posed by terrorism is not something that

one party or one country alone can successfully do,” Li said, without naming Pakistan. “The international community should step up cooperation and work together to jointly tackle terrorism and China stands willing to work together with other parties, bilaterally and multilaterally to step up cooperation and take all necessary measures to jointly protect respective countries and regional security and development,” he said.

His remarks come just days ahead of the summit of the SCO, which is considering a treaty on terrorism. The highlight of the SCO summit in Astana this week is the admission of India and Pakistan as new members of the organisation. The SCO comprised of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan acts as Chinadominated security group focusing on Central Asia. Afghanistan is an observer state in the SCO.

CPEC, stable macroeconomic environment to spur private investment in Pakistan: WB

The World Bank says successful completion of an IMFsupported program has helped achieve macroeconomic stability in the country. According to the World Bank’s June 2017

Global Economic Prospects, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and a stable macroeconomic environment will give a spur to private investment in Pakistan. It said favorable

weather and increased cotton prices are supporting agriculture produce. The report says Pakistan’s growth is expected to be 5.7 percent s during the current financial year.

President Mamnoon Hussain has said that moderate forces should join hand to eliminate the evils of terrorism and extremism from the world. He was addressing an Iftar dinner hosted in the honor of Ambassadors of different countries in Islamabad tonight. The President said Pakistan took a bold step to eliminate terrorists and extremists despite having limited resources. He said Pakistan’s fight against terrorists is a precedent for the world. President highlighting Kashmir dispute urged India to cooperate with the United Nations and International Community to resolve this lingering issue. He

said Kashmiri people must be given their fundamental right to self-determination. President urged the international community to take notice of human rights violations in occupied Kashmir. He also called on India to resume dialogue

process to resolve all outstanding issues with Pakistan including Kashmir. Mamnoon Hussain said religious teachings provide a good road map to discourage the menace of terrorism and extremism.

Well known scientist Dr Samar Mubarak Mand has said that Pakistan has sufficient resources of coal which can be utilized for making

cheap electricity. In an interview, he stressed the need for provision of required funds to complete the Thar-Coal project.

He said many energy projects would also be completed th rough China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

President urges world to take notice of human rights violations in Occupied Kashmir

Dr. Samar stresses need to complete Thar-Coal project

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CCE approves establishment of LNG-based power plant

Cabinet Com mit tee on Energy in its meeting in Islamabad today accorded in-principle approval for establishment of a new LNG based 1,200 MW capacity power plant. Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif chaired the meeting. The Prime Minister emphasized that pro-active planning should be exercised regarding power supply and demand. He said it is very unfortunate that planning by relevant authorities is undertaken without inculcating important contingency factors that could not be ruled out. He directed the Ministry of Water and Power to undertake power supply and demand analysis till the year 2023 so as to undertake integrated long-term planning

with regard to fulfilling energy requirements of the country over the foreseeable future. Nawaz Sharif also directed to work out shifting of scheduled outages of power plants on account of repairs and maintenance from summer season to winter season so that maximum power is provided when most required during months of peak power demand. The CCE meeting unanimously approved that no power shutdowns be carried out on account of development works during Ramzan. The meeting also decided t hat factor s i nclud i ng increase in use of electric appliances due to economic prosperity and behavioral patterns of power consumers be included in the estimation

of projected power demands. Secretary Water and Power Division briefed the meeting on progress of decisions made in the previous meeting including working of the inter-ministerial committee of Finance, Water and Power and Petroleum and Natural Resources ministries, power supply and demand analysis till September 2018 and utilization of idle power plants. M i n i s t e r fo r Fi n a n c e Muhammad Ishaq Dar, Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Minister for Petroleum and Nat ural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal, Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, Minister and other senior officials attended the meeting.


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