Abid Raza

LAHORE, 02 Jul 20:Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi visited Pakistan Navy War College, Lahore and addressed the course participants of 49th PN Staff Course. On his arrival, the Naval Chief was received by Commandant PN War College Rear Admiral Muhammad Zubair Shafique.

While addressing the course participants, Chief of the Naval Staff dilated upon evolving geo-strategic environment and its interplay with prevalent security dynamics and focus on maritime security challenges. While focusing on threat perception, the Admiral dwelled on various initiatives and developmental plans in line with his vision for Pakistan Navy to be a formidable regional maritime power. The Naval Chief also underscored Pakistan Navy capabilities to deal with both traditional and non-traditional challenges by ensuring Combat Readiness, instituting effective measures in ideological domain while catapulting Pakistan’s maritime sector to promote our maritime interests.  Chief of the Naval Staff advised the Course participants to instill Pakistan Navy’s core values of Faith, Character, Courage and Commitment in their noble and demanding profession and draw inspirations from true Islamic values and ideology of Pakistan.

Preceding to the address by Chief of the Naval Staff, a panel of Course participants presented Research Paper on ‘Hindutva Ideology and its fallouts on Muslims of India and Pakistan’. The Admiral appreciated the efforts of Pakistan Navy War College for providing the academic stimulus and honing professional knack of the course participants.

Pakistan Navy War College is the apex training institute of Pakistan Navy inculcating professional staff and military training to officers of Pakistan Navy, Sister Services and friendly countries for assuming future key Command and Staff appointments.

LAHORE (DNA) :  CGSS team headed by Lt Col Khalid Taimur Akram (Retd), Executive Director, Center for Global & Strategic Studies (CGSS), Islamabad met with Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmad Akhtar (S.I.) – Vice-Chancellor, University of the Punjab, Lahore at Lahore.

During the meeting, it was decided that University of the Punjab and CGSS will jointly collaborate to enhance cooperation and research with regional countries. It was also decided that both the institutions will jointly work on Belt & Road Initiative encompassing different aspects of BRI.

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on National Security Dr Moeed Yusuf on Thursday rejected the impression that Pakistan has exported coronavirus to other countries.

Speaking at a media briefing at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), he said the country has acted in the most responsible manner to prevent the spread of the highly contagious disease.

The SAPM said Pakistan conducted tests and quarantined several people over the past three months to ensure that they will not be a source of the virus spread abroad.  Only 30 people who had travelled to the UK from Pakistan tested positive for the infection, he added.“What is Pakistan’s fault if a person travels to the UK and tests positive on the seventh day of quarantine there,” he questioned, adding the government is trying hard to prevent affected people from travelling abroad.

He maintained that screening of passengers travelling abroad has been made mandatory.

Moeed Yusuf urged passengers to act responsibly and not travel if they have symptoms of COVID-19.

The country is keeping a close eye on inbound and outbound passengers to check the spread of the virus, he said.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday welcomed the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) “strong condemnation” of a terrorist attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in Karachi.

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in a statement posted on his official Twitter account said: “Pakistan welcomes United Nations Security Council (UNSC) strong condemnation of attempted terrorist attack on #PakistanStockExchange.”

“Perpetrators, organisers & sponsors of such reprehensible acts must indeed be brought to justice. Terrorism most serious threat to regional & Int’l peace.”

The UN Security Council strongly condemned the “heinous and cowardly” terrorist attack – a move that India, according to government-run wire service, tried to block through its friends on the 15-member body, but failed.

“The members of the Security Council underlined the need to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism to justice and urged all States, in accordance with their obligations under international law and relevant Security Council resolutions, to cooperate actively with the Government of Pakistan and all other relevant authorities in this regard,” the Council said in a press statement.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday condemned the continued brutalization of innocent Kashmiris by the Indian occupation forces in the Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Foreign Office Spokesperson, Aisha Farooqui, in a weekly news briefing said images of India’s brutalization were flashed across the world yesterday depicting the level of callousness and inhumanity meted out by Indian occupation forces.

She said the heart wrenching picture of the three-year-old boy in Sopore will forever remain seared in the imagination of all those who believe in humanity, human rights and fundamental freedoms.

India cannot wash away the truth by fake news and turning its propaganda machinery faster, she added.

The spokesperson said ceasefire violations along the Line of Control by Indian security forces continue unabated.

She said 1546 ceasefire violations in the first 6 months of 2020 have occurred, resulting in 14 martyrdoms and serious injuries to 114 innocent civilians.

Aisha Farooqui said Pakistan has categorically rejected the grant of domicile certificates in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir by the Indian authorities to reportedly 25,000 Indian nationals.

Aisha Farooqui said Pakistan has been consistently sensitizing the international community about the Indian leadership’s threatening statements to use terrorism as a tool to destabilize Pakistan.

“Pakistan has already shared with the international community, incriminating evidence about the Indian Intelligence Agency RAW’s involvement in terrorist activities in Pakistan,” the FO spokesperson added.

This Pv power station is contracted to build by a Chinese company, TBEA. As stated by the Project manager, the Pv power station, built in Cholistan desert, Bahawalpur, Punjab Province, can provide about 0.5 million kwh maximumly of clean electricity per day and constantly work for 25years 

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Islamabad, July 3 ( The 100MW Photovoltaic Power Station Project in Punjab that was put into production in 2015 has showed a consideration progress in recent year.

According to a report published by Gwadar Pro on Thursday, up to 2020 June 30th, this power station has safely operated for 5 years and provided more than 840 million kilowatt-hours of electricity.

This Pv power station is contracted to build by a Chinese company, TBEA. As stated by the Project manager, the Pv power station, built in Cholistan desert, Bahawalpur, Punjab Province, can provide about 0.5 million kwh maximumly of clean electricity per day and constantly work for 25years.

In order to build a high quality and high standard Pv power station, a series of advanced techniques, mature experience and machines were imported from China.

She said, “Pv power as a reliable, efficient, sustainable and low-cost electricity resource, can not only resolve the dearth of power in the nation, but also tackle other social issues such as employment and local stability.

The most important thing is that, establishing such a project has trained a group of professional people for Pv power.”

The manager portrayed a rosy future of Pv power cooperation between Pakistan and China. “For three respects we can foresee a potential in this sector,” she said.

“One of the factors is that China is capable to build advanced Pv power station. China already built several large scale Pv stations in Xinjiang region. The advanced experience provides efficient technical support for Pv power developing in Pakistan.”

“Meanwhile, Pakistan has suitable natural conditions to develop Pv power,” she said, “the adequate solar resource and flat terrain in a large area in Sindh, Punjab, KPK and Balochistan gives a great potential to build Pv power station.”

“The last positive factor is policy support. Under CPEC project, both Chinese government and Pakistan government provide favorable measures to facilitate Pv power station project developing in Pakistan.

According to a new energy planning target released previously, the share of new energy in the domestic energy mix will reach 20% by 2025 and 30% by 2030.” She said.

Islamabad: July 2nd , 2020:- Reckitt Benckiser (RB), the makers of leading health and hygiene brands including Dettol, Harpic, and Robin Bleach, has recently announced a collaboration with the Government’s frontline organization, NDMA (NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY), to conduct disinfection drives across major high traffic public places in a bid to further their efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The disinfection drives will be held by the organization in frontline public places with high exposure including public hospitals, bus stops and railway stations in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. To maintain the effectiveness of the disinfection process, RB will use state of the art equipment and its high-quality disinfectant brand, Robin Bleach; a sodium hypochlorite-based product being used in compliance with WHO standards around disinfection (*WHO recommends bleach as an effective disinfectant against germs. However, WHO does not endorse any specific brand.)

On this collaboration, the Chairman of NDMA, Lt. General Muhammad Afzal, said, “We believe there has never been a more important moment in time for the entire nation (public and private organizations) to work towards solving one of the most pressing problems. That is why NDMA has chosen to work with RB to complement its expertise and resources with RB’s high quality products to help protect as many people as possible and curtail the spread.”

The CEO of Reckitt Benckiser Hygiene Home Pakistan Limited, makers of Robin Bleach, Akbar Ali Shah, said, “As the world faces this unprecedented global health crisis, it is clear that no one can fight this war alone. We have been at the forefront of this battle since the outbreak. This unified effort on our part has been in the hopes to help the country flatten the curve of the spread of COVID-19, and to accelerate the return of everyday life.”

RB has been helping the country respond to the COVID-19 crisis, working directly for communities most affected by the pandemic with ration distributions, donation of healthcare kits, and and continue to help with more donations to come including of hygiene product supplies. The organization has also been actively raising awareness by launching public service messages in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. RB also previously announced a commitment of Rs. 500 million for relief efforts to help the country fight the COVID-19 pandemic. These disinfection drives also come as part of RBPL’s efforts to step up preventive measures against the COVID-19 crisis.