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ISLAMABAD, JULY 27 – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Vice President Fehmida Kausar Jamali said the incumbent government have tried to stabilise the country fiscal position in its two years governance despite challenges we amicably resolves the issue of current account deficit.

In a statement on Monday, She said the PTI Government is determined to facilitate masses and to uplift economy. In this regard we made a solid base structure to take off.

The government made numerous measures to reduce the cost of doing business to increase country exports; we have fixed the gas and electricity rates for the textile industry till June 2021. Now our textile industry is equally competitive with the rest of the world producers. Next year the country will witnessed sharp increase in textile exports interims of dollars value.

As there is only way to escape the debt trap is by strengthening exports.However its unfortunate in 72 years, we have failed to convince the world to invest in Pakistan.” 

“We have failed to viable establish a tax collection system in 72 years”.  Pakistan depended on other countries to boost its finances and stressed on contemplating why the growth rate remained unstable.

She further told the second phase of CPEC at its glance and soon the completion of special economic zones will enhance the  capacity of country economic system.Fehmida Jamali also said ”We have given a historical economic relief package under Ehsass Cash  Emergency programme to financially empower the poor and deprived segments of the society.” No previous governments in the history had given such economic package for the common man in a transparent way. Especially in villages deprived people already received the cash assistance.

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Islamabad, July 27: To help the slums 20 kilometers away from here overcoming COVID-19 epidemic, Yang Xiaolong, a Chinese motocyclist led a group of Chinese travelers to donate supplies to sulms in Pakistan.According to Gwadar Pro, Yang Xiaolong is a Chinese globetrotter and a planner of China-Pakistan friendship travel.

He has organized motorcycle teams many times to ride along the KKH From China to Pakistan.“We do round trip five or six times every year, and some locals knew us and became very good friends with us,” Yang Xiaolong said.The citizens in slums keep a difficult living standard, severe sanitation conditions, the awareness of prevention and control is weak. Thus, the situation of residents is grim.“we must offer help when brothers are in trouble.” Knowing that the situation in Pakistan is severe, these Chinese travelers were very worried and spontaneously donated supplies to the local slums.

During the period of COVID-19 outbreak, Yang Xiaolong raised funds, rushed to contact friends and manufacturers, paid attention to the slums of Pakistan, went through formalities, made overall coordination, and donated relief tents, daily necessities, epidemic prevention supplies and other materials within his capacity, including 3,000 bags of bread and 10,000 pieces of masks.

Due to the epidemic, Yang Xiaolong was unable to travel to Pakistan in person, so he commissioned another Chinese cyclist in Islamabad to distribute supplies to the slums.

In fact, this is not the first time that Chinese motorcyclists have donated. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, Yang Xiaolong and others would bring food, stationery, daily necessities and other supplies to children in slums every time they rode to Pakistan.In addition to the slums near Islamabad, where they go most often, travelers often find different slums to send supplies.Yang Xiaolong recalled: “Every time we went to a slum, we brought them some bread, flour and rice, and gave kids sweets and snacks. In addition, we also brought the national flags of China and Pakistan.”

Yang Xiaolong told Gwadar Pro that after the epidemic, he will once again rally a team to Pakistan, “’Iron Brother’ is by no means a cold political term. Our friends are there, Pakistan is a place we never get bored with how many times we go.”“Thanks to Pakistan for giving us higher dimensions of travel and life meaning. As a respond, I’d love to do more for this lovely country,” he said.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will deliver an important speech to the nation over coronavirus situation today (Monday).

PM Imran Khan has decided to address the nation over the latest situation of COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

Sources said that the premier will address the nation after chairing an important meeting over COVID-19. Imran Khan will talk about the popularity of Pakistan’s smart lockdown strategy across the world.

The meeting will finalize the strategy to implement standard operating procedures (SOPs) during Eid-ul-Azha. The prime minister will appeal to the nation to take safety measures during Eidul Azha.
Top officials including ministers, advisers and representative of civil and military institutions will attend the meeting. All provincial chief ministers will participate in the session through video link.

Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan had appealed to the masses to celebrate upcoming Eidul Azha with simplicity and not to be careless and brush aside the government-defined health guidelines to keep coronavirus at bay.

“Eid is coming, we should not do what we did the previous Eid,” the prime minister emphasised, adding the country saw a surge in coronavirus cases following Eidul Fitr as the disease peaked.

Country reports 1,176 new virus cases
It is pertinent to mention here that the country reported 1,176 new novel coronavirus cases during past 24 hours, taking the nationwide number of cases to 274,286.

According to the latest figures released by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 20 deaths were also reported due to virus in the last 24 hours. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 5,842.

The number of active cases of the COVID-19 in the country now stands at 27,421.

Till now 118,311 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 92,073 in Punjab, 33,397 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 11,601 in Balochistan, 14,884 in Islamabad 1,989 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 2,034 in Azad Kashmir

PESHAWAR : In yet another deadline, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Labour and Culture Shaukat Yousafzai said on Monday that Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project will be inaugurated in 2021.

The KP minister said construction work is going on and the mega project would be inaugurated in 2021.

Commenting on the cable car project in the Upper Dir district’s Kumrat valley, KP, the minister said that the project intends to be the world’s largest and highest one.

Shaukat Yousafzai said that Chief Minister KP Mehmood Khan has given the approval of feasibility report of the project. The project will boost tourism in the region.”
Apart from the main attraction of the cable car, facilities will include a car parking space, a restaurant, and other allied facilities.

According to details, the cable car will likely charge Rs500 per person and the parking area will have a capacity to accommodate around 500 vehicles at a time.

The cable car will move at a speed of 6km/sec, said the documents, elaborating that each car cubicle will have a capacity of 10 tourists per round.

The ambitious project’s plan mentioned that it will let around 30,000 tourists travel in the cable cars daily, with a single trip facilitating 250 tourists on a 38-minute long round.

ISLAMABAD, July 26 (DNA): German Ambassador Bernhard Schlagheck has said his country backed Pakistan in its efforts to overcome the socioeconomic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and build back better for a more sustainable future.

In a media interview, Ambassador Bernhard said the successful bilateral

development cooperation between the two countries spanned over decades.

He said the current portfolio encompasses more than 500 million euros in

the areas of renewable energy and climate change, sustainable economic

development and good governance.

He said the German Government has decided to upscale its support to

local Pakistani governments in their fight against the pandemic. It has

made available 0.5 million euros to Pakistan to promote activities,

which would help mitigate the socioeconomic effects of the pandemic at a

local level.

Germany would also commit 6 million euros to support the Pakistani

communities hosting Afghan refugees, to improve local health and

education services, he added.

The ambassador said the projects would be implemented by the German

development organization Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

(GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic

Cooperation and Development. DNA

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