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on December 24, 2018 0

Motorway ( M-8) is near completion


About 213 km Khuzdar-Shahdadkot Section of Gwadar-Rattodero Motorway ( M-8) is nearly completed and would likely to become fully functional in April 2019.


An official of National Highway Authority (NHA) told APP on Sunday that 188 Km of the section has been accomplished and already open for traffic and people of Baluchistan and Sindh are benefiting by transportation of vegetables and by generating other business. He said that only 5 km of Khori-Wangu Package is under construction.


In this five kilometer portion, the remaining work would be completed within three months, the official said.


He said that reason of delay was non availability of funds. As soon as the payment is released to the contractor, the 5 km portion will also be completed and opened for traffic, he said.


The Gwadar-Ratodero Motorway is divided into two sections; the first from Gwadar to Khuzdar and the second from Khuzdar to Ratodero.






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on December 23, 2018 0


Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan Speech Punjab Government 100 Days Achievement Ceremony Lahore (22.12.18)




Prime Minister Imran Khan resolved that the government would make no compromise on accountability process as it were the people who bore the brunt of corruption.


Addressing the event ‘Delivering Prime Minister’s 100 Days Agenda’ to highlight the performance of the Punjab government during first 100 days, the prime minister said he said the opposition in the National Assembly was ‘doing the drama’ of political victimization contrary to the fact that not even a single case had been registered by the incumbent government.


The event was attended by Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar, Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, provincial ministers, members of the Punjab Assembly, diplomats and party workers in a huge number.


The enthusiastic workers carrying party flags chanted slogans in support of the party, the prime minister and the chief minister.


The prime minister recalled that the fake bank accounts had first surfaced in 2015 but the then government put the matter under the carpet in name of Charter of Democracy.


“We have done nothing. But we have not impeded the action (against corruption),” he added.


He said it was strange that the opposition wanted to make Shehbaz Sharif, who was in the jail of NAB (National Accountability Bureau) for corruption, head of the Public Accounts Committee.

The previous government had passed a law allowing a corrupt man to head a political party, which was nothing but the mockery of the parliament, he added.    The prime minister told the gathering that he had asked his party to accept the opposition’s every demand like issuance of the production order of Khawaja Saad Rafiq and making Shehbaz Sharif PAC chairman.

However, “we cannot agree to backtrack from the accountability” as it was inevitable for the secure future of the country and next generations, he added. The country’s future would remain imperiled until “we arrest the corrupt.”

The prime minister said he had launched his political career with the slogan against corruption and he would never make any compromise in the name of protecting democracy.

He censured the previous government for spending Rs 250 billion budget of South Punajb in other cities, what ,he said, had increased the sense of deprivation among the people of area. The disintegration of Pakistan was the consequence of such injustices with the people, he added.

He called for learning from the mistakes done in the past and also mentioned the injustices meted out to the people of Balochistan.

The prime minister appreciated the Punjab government for allocating exclusive budget for the South Punjab.

He said the non-development of remote areas put burden on major cities and cited the problems faced by the Lahore city like pollution and congestion.






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on December 22, 2018 0

Pakistan’s Exports of Goods to China Rise

 by 17.8% in Q1 FY2018-19




The country’s export of goods to China during the first quarter of the fiscal year 2018-19 increased by 17.75 percent to US$430.3 million against the export of goods worth $353.892 million in the same period of the preceding year.


The import of goods from China also witnessed an increase of 10.3 percent as it rose to $10.384 billion in the first quarter of the current fiscal year from $9.314 billion in July-September (2017-18), said latest data released by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).


On a yearly basis, the export of goods to China increased to $139.7 million in September 2018, against the exports of $116.83 million in the same month of previous year, showing an increase of 16.37 percent.


The imports also witnessed an increase of 1.38 percent which rose to $1.01 billion in September 2018 against the imports worth of $996 million in the same month last year.


The export of services to China, during the period under review, decreased by 2.64 percent to $52.04 billion during July-September (2018-19) against an export of services worth $53.416 million during the same period of last year.


Total import of services from China during the corresponding year increased by 5.6 percent to $1.01 billion from $953 million during the same period of the preceding year.


On a yearly basis, the export of services declined from $22.8 million in September 2017 to $12.16 million in the same month of the current year, showing a decline of 10.64 percent.


Similarly, the import of services from China witnessed a decrease of 7.7 percent to $88.95 million in September 2018 from $95.8 million in the same month of the previous year


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on December 22, 2018 0


New Pakistan Park


Quaid-e-Azam Mazar Management Board (QMMB) has put forward a plan for establishment of ‘New Pakistan Park’ and a museum on 43 acres of land adjacent to Jinnah’s mausoleum, according to officials of Management Board.


According to officials, 28.11 acres of southern land had been set aside for Pakistan Park while a botanical garden would be set up over 11.35 acres of eastern land. They said that land on southern side had been earmarked for the establishment of Pakistan Museum.


The plan to establish a park had been formulated by Irfan Siddiqui, then advisor to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Reportedly, the plan was proposed after undertaking an extensive study of sites at Miniaturk (Istanbul, Turkey), Mini Europe (Brussels, Belgium), Window of World (Shenzhen, China) and Maduro dam (The Hague, Netherlands).

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on December 22, 2018 0


Punjab Govt to Provide Scooties & Bikes to Female Students on Easy Installments



Punjab Govt. to Give Scooties, Bikes to Female Students on Easy Installments. Punjab government is giving away bikes and scooties on easy installments to female students from the start of 2019.


The announcement has come in a bid to provide transport facilities to females. Chairman Punjab Education Foundation, Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi, said that the scheme will kickstart in the advent of 2019.


He said that the government will provide cycles to the male students while giving traveling vouchers to the female students. Moreover, it will provide scooties to degree and university students.


To provide relief to the students, the government will provide these vehicles on easy installments, said the Chairman.

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on December 22, 2018 0


Pakistan Govt plans visa on arrival for 55 countries to uplift tourism sector


Adviser to the Prime Minister for Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood said on Tuesday that Pakistan is considering allowing visa on arrival for 55 countries.


Addressing a press conference, Dawood said a policy was being formulated and it would be presented to Prime Minister Imran Khan by next month.


“We will also consult with the country’s security institutions regarding the matter,” he said.


Dawood added that Pakistan needs tourism and that the government would do whatever is in the interest of the country.

In January, Pakistan announced to allow visa on arrival for group tourists for 24 countries, including the US and UK.


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on December 22, 2018 0

4,300MW Dasu Dam to Cost 
an Extra Rs. 18 Billion Due to 
Delayed Land Acquisition


The project steering committee (PSC) of 4,300 MW Dasu hydropower project is set to meet on January 8 next year to discuss and approve the special committee’s recommendations for quickly resolving the issue of land acquisition for the power project.



Media reports said that the special committee aims to quickly resolve the land acquisition issue and has prepared its preliminary report.



The report will be submitted to the Steering Committee and if approved, the government will have to bear an additional Rs. 18 billion cost.


The special committee has prepared the report after holding a series of meetings with the representatives of people affected by the project, local politicians and stakeholders.


Sources said that a petition signed by the representatives of affected people has also been compiled by the committee.


Located on the Indus river, 240km upstream from Tarbela dam, and in the Kohistan area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the project is being funded by the World Bank which has extended deadline by one year for utilization of the funds approved in 2014.


The main reason for the non-utilisation of the funds is attributed to land acquisition


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on December 22, 2018 0


Railways 

to upgrade

 Karachi-Peshawar track 

in next five years, 

Rashid told Senate







ISLAMABAD: Minister for Pakistan Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on  Wednesday said Railways has finalized a plan to upgrade its track from Karachi to Peshawar via Lahore in the next five years under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)project.


Responding a question asked by Senator Bahramand Khan Tangi in Senate, he said the Main Line-1 from Karachi to Peshawar via Lahore except Khanewal-Shor Kot-Faisalabad-Shahdara Section will be upgraded under CPEC project.


The minister said Railways track from Lahore to Peshawar via Rawalpindi will be dualised in the next five years.


730 kilometer track has been rehabilitated/ partially rehabilitated through Complete Track Renewal, Sleeper Renewal and Rail Renewal under different PSDP Projects, he added.


He informed that PC-I for rehabilitation of Track and Bridges in Sukkur Division is in process.


He said average 77.10 percent of track is overage, while 86 percent of Railways bridges are more than 100 years old but all bridges are safe for train operation due to effective maintenance owing to regular maintenance, rehabilitation and strengthening of these bridges.


Responding to another question, the minister said all the bridges are inspected annually as per schedule and minor repair are carried out departmentally in routine to ensure safety.


Recently 230 bridges have been rehabilitated/ reconstructed under various development projects, he added.


Replying a question, he said total number of posts lying vacant in Pakistan Railways in BS-01 to BS-22 are 23,748. To another query, he said an area of 15,025.44 acres has been licensed/leased out for various purpose(premium shops, stacking, agriculture, parking stands & petrol pumps) during last ten years from January, 2008 to December, 2017.


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on December 22, 2018 0


Cinepax along with CJ 4DPLEX announced to bring 4DX theaters to Pakistan. The world’s leading cinema technology Company CJ4DPLEX is now ready to rumble in Pakistan.


According to the details, the first two locations including #Karachi Ocean Tower Mall and #Lahore Packages Mall will get the theatre launch in 2019. The announcement was made by Cinepax at the CineAsia Trade Show in Convention & Exhibition Centre Hong Kong on December 10.



In Lahore at the Packages Mall, 10 screen multiplex would house the first 4DX theatre in the country. The second flagship at Ocean Tower Mall Karachi will showcase the Cinepax’s pioneering technology.


Cinepax cinema technology on bringing world-class entertainment to Pakistan in order to the country industry and provide consumers with greater pleasure while experiencing cinema screens. 4DX technology has changed the way people interact withtheatres inside; the company would be the first to bring 4DX to Pakistan providingit with a new level of differentiation.


The CEO Cinepax, Marian El Bacha, said, “We aimed at providing the best art and entertainment experience to our guests through service excellence and CJ 4DPLEX altogether.”


Pakistan deserves the experience and excitement, as well as the reality of CJ 4DPLEX and we, are proud to open first and the biggest multiplex in Pakistan at packages Mall Lahore. Bringing 4DX to Pakistan would strengthen our purpose of being the best entertainment company in Pakistan which is committed to delivering world-class technology and family entertainment experiences simultaneously, she added.


The CEO of CJ 4DPLEX, Jong Ryul Kim said while talking to the audience, “We are working closely with Cinepax in order to provide our premium cinema technology format in an effort that positions them as a leading cinema exhibitor across Pakistan with a commitment to deliver new and enriched cinema experiences to customers.


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on December 22, 2018 0

For the first time, China sent latest fighter J10C abroad for training. 20-day China Pakistan Shaheen VII Air Exercise executed successfully. Mirage V,JH7, J11b, J10C, JF17A, Mirage III can be seen in background. COAS Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa was in cockpit of J10C during exercise.

















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