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OGDCL spending Rs10.22mln in Lakki Marwat under CSR initiative

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ISLAMABAD, Feb 28 : The Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDCL) is spending an amount of Rs 10.22 million, under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), in Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

“The Wali, Mianwali and Pezu blocks partially fall in District Lakki Marwat, and the OGDCL has deposited Rs 10.22 million in the joint bank account of the concerned deputy commissioner as per its social welfare obligation,”

The company has so far executed three different schemes approved by the respective social welfare committee, headed by the local Member National Assembly, at Rs 6.7 million, while Rs 3.52 million were still available with the DC Lakki Marwat to initiate new development schemes.

The OGDCL said appointments were made in accordance with criteria approved by its Board of Directors, and currently as many as 67 contractual and regular employees were working with it, who had the District Lakki Marwat domiciles.

“Moreover, considering the nature of business activities, the temporary interim arrangements of manpower are often made, preferably from locals of the area. At present, 17 service units of local manpower as project workers have been engaged through a 3rd party contractor at Rig N-6  of the Wali X-1 till completion of the project,” it added.

It said the total land of Wali X-1 field was 287 kanals 14 marlas, consisting of Shamlat Deh, and was hired on an annual rental basis for which no-objection-certificate was obtained from the DC Lakki Marwat.

The DC Lakki Marwat has been requested to identify and provide a list of possession holders, enabling the OGDCL to make payment accordingly. “Reply of which is still awaited.”

The company said it had neither purchased any land or house nor signed any agreement with local tribes in terms of development and welfare projects.

However, for the security arrangements at the Wali X-1, as many as 28 locals for security duties had been enrolled.

The company clarified that it always took proactive steps and strived towards conservation of the environment and elimination of pollution. “All Exploration & Production activities are being carried out under the compliance of applicable Initial Environment Examination and Environmental Impact Assessment regulations-2000.”

Promotions of senior bureaucrats; PIO Sohail Ali Khan gets Grade 21

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Officers, who got promotion in BS-21 from the information group, include Mubashir Tauqeer and Ambreen Jan, while Mubashir Hasan, Shafqat Abbas, Ali Nawaz Malik, Tahira Saeeda and Iram Tanweer have been promoted in BS-20 

ISLAMABAD – The Establishment Division yesterday notified the promotions of senior bureaucrats in BS-21 and Bs-20.

The notification has been issued following the approval by Prime Minister Imran Khan in the light of recommendations of Central Selection Board (CSB).

The CSB last month had firmed up its recommendations about the promotions of 12 professional cadres and ex-cadre officers in its meeting convened from January 4 to 7. According to details, two officers of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) have been elevated to the position of director general in BS-21, while four ISI officers promoted in BS-20 as deputy director general.

The Establishment Division notified the promotion of Sohail Ali Khan, Principal Information Officer from the Information Group, to BS-21. Other officers, who got promotion in BS-21 from the same group, include Mubashir Tauqeer and Ambreen Jan, while Mubashir Hasan, Shafqat Abbas, Ali Nawaz Malik, Tahira Saeeda and Iram Tanweer have been promoted in BS-20.

The officers of Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) promoted in BS-21 include Islamabad High Court’s registrar Sajid Baloch, who will retain the same position after promotion, Awais Manzur Sumra who will also remain additional secretary post in the Establishment Division, Syed Ataur Rehman, Tariq Viqar Bakhshi, Ahmed Raza Sarwar, Arshad Majeed Mohmand, Asim Iqbal, Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, Nabeel Javed, Mohammad Shahryar Sultan, retired captain Saqib Zafar, Haroon Rafique, Shakeel Qadir Khan, Waqas Ali Mahmood, Zubair Asghar Qureshi, Usman Gul, Hasan Iqbal, Saima Saeed, Shaharyar Taj, Yousaf Khan, Manzoor Ali Sheikh and Syed Ali Murtaza.

Similarly, PAS officers promoted in BS-20 are namely Shahid Zaman, retired captain Zafar Iqbal, Saeed Ramzan, Syed Imtiaz Hussain Shah, Syed Haider Iqbal, Zulfiqar Ali Shah, Islam Zeb, Mohammad Hanif Channa, Amjad Ali Khan, Zaid Bin Maqsood, Mohammad Yahya Akhunzada, Dr Nasir Mehmood Bashir, Mohammad Jahanzeb, Aziz Ahmed Jamali, Mohammad Usman Mozzam, Ehtasham Anwar, Amir Sultan Tareen, Bilal Ahmed, Khurram Shahzad Umar, Sajid Zafar Dall, Babar Aman Babar, Iqbal Hussain, Shahidullah, Nadim Ahmed Abro, Mohammad Zubair, Adnan Arshad Olakh, Mohammad Khan Ranjha and retired captain Mushtaq Ahmed.

PIO Sohail Ali Khan from Information Group gets promotion to Grade 21

The Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) officers promoted in BS-21 include Lahore CCPO Ghulam Mehmood Dogar, who had replaced Umar Shaikh last month, besides Jan Mohammad, Sajjad Afzal Afridi, Mohammad Arif Hanif, Mohammad Amin Yousafzai and Farhat Ali Junejo.

PSP officers promoted in BS-20 are namely Kamran Adil, Sajid Kiani, Rizwan Manzoor, Syed Pir Mohammad Shah, Imran Yaqoob, Tahir Ayub, Jahanzeb Nazir Khan, Ahmed Nawaz, Mohammad Zafar Ali, Sadiq Ali, Mohammad Athar Waheed and Mohammad Kashif, while PSP officer Syed Mohammad Amin has been promoted in BS-20 on an acting charge basis.

The Foreign Service of Pakistan officers promoted in BS-21 include Shujat Ali Rathore, Israr Hussain, Rahim Hayat Qureshi, Ali Javed, Asim Iftikhar Ahmed, Syed Ahsan Raza Shah, Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, Nabeel Munir, Saqlain Syeda, Ameer Khurram Rathore, Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry, Shafqat Ali Khan and Sajida Bilal.

Also, Aamer Ahmed Atozxai, Khalil Ahmed Bajwa, Faisal Aziz Ahmed, Mohammad Hassan Wazir, Shahid Ali Seehar, Salman Athar, Zaman Mehdi, Asim Ali Khan, Mirza Salman Babar Beg, Mohammad Usman Iqbal Jadoon, Farhat Ayesha, Siraj Ahmed Khan, Aqsa Nawaz, Murad Baseer and Saqir Rauf have been promoted in BS-20, whereas Saima Sayed has been promoted on an acting charge basis. Seven officers of the Customs Group promoted in BS-21 are Mohammad Iqbal Bharwana, Rubab Sikandar, Wajid Ali, Zulfiqar Younis, Shahnaz Maqbool, Ahmed Rauf, Seema Bukhari. Of the same group, Hasan Saqib, Masood Ahmed, Fiaz Rasool Maken, Sanaullah Abro, Mohammad Tahir, Naima Batool, Saleem Memon, Amir Thaheem, Yousaf Haider Orakzai, Muneeb Sarwar, Mohammad Ismail, Farrukh Sajjad, Tayyaba Kayani and Nayyar Rafique have been promoted in BS-20.

Six officers of the Pakistan Audit and Accounts Service (PAAS) Mohsin Atta, Ammar Naqvi, Khurram Qureshi, Uzma Ikram, Dost Ali Shah and Jan Mohammad have been promoted in BS-21 and the 19 PAAS officers who have been promoted in BS-20 are namely Shahzana Durrani, Jahangir Mushtaq Virk, Sajid Mahmood Raja, Asadullah Khan, Saqib Bashir, Rukhsana Rafique, Mohammad Saeed Tiwana, Shah Mahmood Khan, Shafeequr Rehman, Mansoor Azam, Waseem Arshad, Nazar Mohammad, Mohammad Raza Shah, Mohammad Asif, Iffat Farooq, Kadir Bux, Aijaz Ali, Azhar Khalique and Shuja Ali.

Of the Postal Group, Hafiz Zafar Ali Malik, Abdur Razzaq, Khalid Javed and Hasan Akhtar Khan have been promoted in BS-21, while Hafiz Shakeel Ahmed, Rizwan Javed Hashmi, Iram Tariq, Nasir Mehmood, Fauzia Salman, Mohammad Shakoor and Nisar Mohammad Khan have been promoted in BS-20.

Dr Tariq Masood and Saeedullah Khan of the Federal Directorate of Education have been promoted in BS-20. Qumar Sarwar Abbasi, Saad Abbasi, Alamgir Ahmed Khan, M. Bilal, Mohammad Khurshid, Tariq Rashid, Jamil Anwar, Samar Ehsan, Tariq Moj, Iftikhar Gillani, Taimoor Tajammul, Syed Moazzam Ali, Mir Hassan Naqvi, Alam Zeb, Ashfaq Ghumman, Sajid Qazi, Rizwan Sheikh, Syed Mujtaba Hussain and Mohammad Munir of the Secretariat Group have been promoted in BS-21. Also, 49 officers of the Secretariat Group have been promoted in BS-20.

Direct flights to boost Pakistan-Kyrgyzstan links

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Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan Erik Beishembiev urges business community to avail good investment opportunities through joint ventures in pharmaceutical, agriculture, education and tourism sectors 

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LAHORE-Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Pakistan Erik Beishembiev has urged business community to avail good investment opportunities through joint ventures in pharmaceutical, agriculture, education and tourism sectors.

“Kyrgyzstan is not developed in pharmaceutical sector and offers great opportunities to the Pakistani pharma companies”, he said during a meeting with President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry Mian Tariq Misbah. Vice President Tahir Manzoor Chaudhry, former Senior Vice President Amjad Ali Jawa, former Vice President Zeshan Khalil and Executive Committee members were also present.

The ambassador said that his country greatly valued relations with Pakistan and that was why it sought further diversification and strengthening of the relations. He said that Kyrgyz-Pakistani historical relations could be traced back centuries ago.

“Our peoples have long-time and close cultural and spiritual ties”, he said. He said that direct flights between the two countries on regular basis would help improve trade and cooperation in tourism sector. He said that both countries were rich in mineral resources, have high skilled human resources, excellent opportunities for developing industry and agriculture, attracting foreign investments for joint production and supply of goods. He said that Kyrgyzstan is interested in development of short transportation links through its territory between Central Asia and China and Pakistan with access to the Gwadar and Karachi ports, using railway and roads, which are being constructed in the framework of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Today, shortest roads are connecting China to Kyrgyzstan through two border mountain passes in Kyrgyzstan – Torugart in the North and – Erkeshtam in the South, located only about 200-km from Chinese city of Kashgar. He said that Pakistani businessmen can invest individually or through joint ventures in Kyrgyzstan. He said that Pakistan can use Kyrgyzstan as a gateway to enter into the EU market and can avail benefits from GSP Plus status.

Mian Tariq Misbah appreciated the Kyrgyz Ambassador for keeping good liaison with LCCI on regular basis to find new avenues for increasing the trade and economic ties between two countries. He said that very few items are being traded between Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan for the last many years. The main reason of such a low level of two way trade which stood at 2.2 million dollars in 2019 is little knowledge about each other’s markets. He said that Pakistan’s exports to Kyrgyzstan are just 2.17 million dollars while the global imports of Kyrgyzstan are touching 5 billion dollars. There is a great scope for Pakistan to enhance its exports to Kyrgyzstan in the sectors of pharmaceuticals, value added textiles, agriculture products, surgical instruments and sports Goods. He said that the pharmaceutical sector deserves special mention as Pakistan has made great strides in this sector after the COVID pandemic. He said that Kyrgyzstan can also help Pakistan to enhance its exports to the EU under the GSP Plus regime.

PNCA all set to celebrate Balochistan Cultural Day on March 2

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ISLAMABAD, Feb 28  : Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) will hold Balochistan Cultural day to celebrate the beautiful,rich customs and traditions of the province on March 2.

A mega musical event will be held which will be featuring renowned artists and musicians including Kehkashan and Banur band to enthrall the audience with their performances.

The day will also include special dance performances of Attan and Chaap by 50 performers in a group form.

An official of PNCA informed that, beautiful culture of Balochistan will be highlighted through embroidery, dresses, music and food, which is typically a rare find in Islamabad.

He said that Balochistan contingent will feature crafts people, folk artists, folk musicians and dance groups.

Balochi musicians will mesmerize the audience with their melodious voices and Baloch people, especially the youth and women will participate in the programme to show their love and affection for their culture and traditions.                           .

He said that all nations protect their cultures, customs, values and historical heritage and celebrating this day was aimed at making efforts to keep intact all customs, traditions, cultures and unique life styles of all people living in the province.

Myanmar coup: UN ambassador fired after anti-army speech

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In Myanmar, military rulers have fired the country’s ambassador to the United Nations, a day after he called for help to remove the army from power.

State television announced his removal saying he had betrayed the country and spoken for an unofficial organization which does not represent the country.

PM to launch Al-Beruni Radius tourism project at Nandana Fort

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ISLAMABAD : Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan will launch Al-Beruni Radius, a tourism project for the revival of Pakistan’s heritage on Sunday.

PM Khan is keen on the preservation and conservation of the site, aimed at converting it into an international tourism site.

The site’s archeological significance dates back to the 11th century when famous scholar Abu Rehan Al-Beruni during his stay quantified the circumference of the Earth.

Al-Beruni later wrote a famous book about the region and mentioned Nandana as a great center of learning.

The historical Nandana Fort is located in tehsil Pind Dadan Khan of district Jhelum.

Earlier on December 11, Prime Minister Imran Khan had said that the promotion of tourism sector was the top priority of the government.

He had said this while addressing a ceremony in Islamabad after witnessing an agreement signing between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and World Bank for ECO Tourism.

The government would expand road networks to boost tourism, PM Imran had said, adding that unplanned tourism had badly affected tourist spots. He had underlined the need for protection and preservation of the environment of tourist spots in the country.

Lok Virsa continues to present cultural heritage in incredible way

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ISLAMABAD, Feb 28  : National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) has arranged around hundred cultural events throughout the year 2020 to show the rich culture and heritage of the country.

Starting the year 2020 with COVID 19, Lok Virsa has shown tremendous performance through out the year with online programmes as well as live events followed by strict SOPs.

An official of Lok Virsa informed  that they successfully held annual 10-days long mega event Lok Mela to show the culture of all provinces.

The objective of the festival was to reinforce and strengthen national integration by promoting the cultural heritage of Pakistan through active participation of all provinces, Gilgit Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, he added.

Furthermore, to pay rich tributes to the Sufi saints, Lok Virsa organized a three-dimensional diorama on Sufis and Shrines where musicians performed by posturing their selves in Sufi saints like Laal Shahbaz Qalandar, Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai and Sachal Sarmast were performed, he added.

Two-day cultural activities were observed as Black Day to express solidarity with the Kashmiris brothers who are struggling for their just right to self-determination.

Moreover, many condolences were paid to the folk artists during the year including Ustad Muhammad Ajmal Khan for his meritorious services towards the promotion of country’s folk music, he stated.

Last but not least, Lok Virsa also celebrated 144th birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on December 25 with national fervor and passion.

The Institute which is specialized in dealing with research, collection, documentation, preservation and dissemination of Pakistan’s traditional culture, worked in close collaboration with all federating units and community based organizations for furtherance of its objectives.

Lok Virsa Folk Heritage Museum has been striving to preserve and promote cultural heritage of the country both tangible and intangible.

Attorney General Khalid Javed tested positive for Covid-19

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ISLAMABAD : Attorney General of Pakistan, Khalid Javed has tested positive for a new COVID-19 variant.

The top lawyer of the state after feeling symptoms underwent the coronavirus test, which was diagnosed positive of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus.It is to be mentioned here that the Attorney General had recently represented the government before a larger bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed in hearing of the presidential reference seeking the court’s opinion over open ballot vote in the Senate election.

Federal health ministry has recently confirmed the presence of a new coronavirus variant in Pakistan and said that the authorities were closely monitoring the cases by using a modern surveillance system.

The health ministry has confirmed the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant in Pakistan which was detected in the United Kingdom (UK) for the first time. In a declaration, the ministry said that the new SARS-CoV-2 variant is less deadly, however, it is fast-spreading.

Earlier in January, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) had confirmed the two cases of the highly contagious coronavirus variant that first emerged in the UK have been detected in Pakistan.

The National Institute of Health (NIH) had examined a number of samples taken from the UK return travellers suspected to be carrying the new Covid-19 variant, out of which two matched with the variant, named B117.

The variant was first detected in Britain in December last year, the NCOC said, adding it has also been found in 31 other countries. It said Pakistani citizens returning from the UK need to take a mandatory PCR test for the new strain of the virus.

Chinese investment to Pakistan tops with $402.8m in 7 months

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ISLAMABAD, February 28 : Chinese investment to Pakistan tops with dollar 402.8 million
during seven months of the current fiscal year.

According to a report published by Gwadar Pro, China’s vote of confidence in Pakistan’s economy deepens after China stays atop as the sole highest contributor of net foreign direct investment (FDI) when compared to other countries in Pakistan.

The net FDI inflow from China remains at dollar 402.8million which is touted highest in the list of inflows from other countries.

Chinese net FDI pouring comes at a time when overall FDI from other countries dipped by 27 percent during the first seven months of the current fiscal year.

According to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) report, others from where over $100m net FDIs were bagged were the Netherlands and Hong Kong, as they invested $122m and $105m, respectively, during the first seven months of FY21.

The inflows of FDI from the UK (83.8m), the US ($73.5m) and Malta ($60.6m) were also significant during the seven months.

A drastic change in the inflows from Norway affected the overall inflow of FDI this year. The SBP data shows that during the seven months of the previous fiscal year, the inflow from Norway was $288.5m.

While in the seven months of the current financial year a net outflow of $25.8m was noted instead of any inflow from the Scandinavian country.

Meanwhile, with Chinese investment tend, the inflow of remittances being sent by the overseas Pakistanis, national kitty becomes healthy.

Remittances during the seven months of the current fiscal year were up by 24pc as the country received $16.5bn.

Trust of Chinese investors is blossoming as out of a total of 117 foreign companies registered in SECP, the maximum belonged to China in 2020.

The report added, other investors hailed from Australia, Germany, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Lebanon, Mozambique, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, the UAE, the UK and the US.

The highest number of companies was registered in Islamabad (628), followed by Lahore (625) and Karachi (349).

SECP has registered 1,956 new companies in November 2020, indicating an increase of 41% as compared to the corresponding period of last year.

The power sector attracted the highest investment of $475.8m against $373m in the same period of last financial year; an increase of 27.6 per cent.

Within the power sector, coal power attracted the highest investment as the inflow reached $271m compared to $233m in the same period of FY20. The hydel power attracted $111m and thermal received $93.9m.

The financial business (banks) attracted slightly higher FDI compared to last fiscal as it received $181.3m against $178.9m in the same period of last fiscal year.

In the oil and gas exploration sector, the inflow declined to $136.7m compared to $186.5m last year.

The sector has been attractive for the investors but the slow growth in this sector reflects the declining interest of the investors.

The trade sector noted vital change as it attracted $118m compared to just $22.3m in the same period of last fiscal year.

The FDI in electrical machinery dropped to $70.5m compared to $133.2m in the previous year.

Financial sector experts said despite all-out efforts and incentives, exports grew slowly while foreign investment could see a change once the country exits the FATF grey list.

Over 600,000 migratory birds flocked to Sindh this year: survey

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ISLAMABAD, Feb 28  : More than 600,000 migratory birds visited Sindh this year (2020-21), according to a survey carried out by the provincial wildlife department.

Every year, the department carries out a survey of migratory birds, particularly waterfowls, visiting the province’s wetlands like Nariri Lagoon, Charwo, Phoosna, Runn of Kutch, Manchhar Lake, Lungh Lake, Sukkur Barrage, Mehrano, Kursh, Acch, Keenjhar, Haleji, Hub Dam, Hawksbay, Ibrahim Hyderi, Korangi Creek, and coastal wetlands of Thatta, Sujawal and Karachi, a private news channel reported.

“Historically survey methodology is to reach the target wetlands, fill out information sheet by number counting, round block & transect methods,” the department said.

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