Pakistan is strategically located in the crossroads of Asia with China as its neighbor in the north, India in the east, and Iran and Afghanistan in the west.Thus its strategic location allows Pakistan to become an important trade, energy and transport corridor. Most importantly, Pakistan is a gateway to energy rich States of Central Asia, the Gulf States and far Eastern countries. This unique feature of Pakistan’s strategic location alone makes it a place of endless possibilities.Pakistan ranks 23rd largest economy in the world in terms of purchasing power parity, while it is the 40th largest economy in terms of nominal GDP. According to World Bank estimates Pakistan stands on the 8th place among the top 10 recipients of remittances.
Japan extends grant to UNIDO to support Pakistan agri sector
ISLAMABAD, AUG 5 (DNA) – The Government of Japan on Monday announced grant aid worth around 560 million Japanese Yen (5.2 million USD) to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to support Agri-Food and Agro-Industry Development in Pakistan’s Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.Notes to this effect were signed and exchanged between Kuninori Matsuda, Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan and Ms. Nadia Aftab, Country Representative of UNIDO.A Grant Agreement on the details of implementation of the project was signed and exchanged between Shigeki Furuta, Chief Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Ms. Nadia Aftab in the presence of Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan, Federal Minister for Ministry of National Food Security and Research.
China Wants to Hit Back at Trump, Its Own Economy Stands in the Way
BEIJING — As China considers ways to retaliate against President Trump’s mounting tariffs, it has increasingly acknowledged that it must first address its main obstacle to punching back: its own slumping economy.Chinese officials have vowed to respond with measures of their own if Mr. Trump follows through on his threat to put 10 percent tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese imports a year. If Mr. Trump enacts the tariffs next month, as he said he would do on Thursday, the costs would rise for nearly everything China ships to the United States, from shoes to car parts to the latest gadgets.
Istanbul’s new airport: where the world meets
DNA REPORT
Istanbul Airport, whose first part of first phase is complete, represents the largest infrastructure project of the history of Republic and will break ground in many areas from technology to design and to passenger experience.Istanbul Airport City located at the Istanbul Airport project, is a globally unique urban development project located near the airport within the boundaries of the expropriation area.
TUNCAY EMINOGLU : I take competition as a challenge and not a threat
TUNCAY EMINOGLU Vice President, Sales (Asia and Far East) TURKISH AIRLINES talks to CENTRELINE and DNA
By ANSAR M BHATTI
Tuncay Eminoglu Vice President Sales (Asia and Far East) has said he takes competition as a challenge and not a threat. He said he has already visited the new airport of Islamabad and found it in commensurate with the present day aviation needs.He further said Pakistan aviation industry is vibrant and has huge potential adding Pakistani visitors especially traveling to Saudi Arabia and transiting thru Istanbul are provided with best facilities with a view to making their transit comfortable.
Pakistan’s image problem and Western propaganda-II
by Ansar Mahmood Bhatti
Apart from external factors, various internal factors have also contributed towards Pakistan’s skewed image both at home and abroad. Let us begin with the role of Ministry of Foreign Affairs with regard to projection of soft image of country and its handling of foreign missions based in Islamabad or in other cities of Pakistan. During past few years, especially when a junior officer was elevated to the post of Foreign Secretary, things went topsy-turvy at the Ministry. This development not only impacted badly upon the internal working but it also contributed towards straining of relations with various foreign missions – whose biggest complaint was non-addressal of even their petty issues.
Where we stand on the rights of the child
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The convention signifies the fact that respect for human rights begins with the way a community treats its children.Children’s rights cannot be separated from human rights because children are the future generation. Taking care of the coming generation by protecting their dignity and providing them their needs is the most important thing for bringing up citizens best equipped to serve the community.Pakistan has signed and ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child but the state of children is the far from being satisfactory.
Tour De Hajj team gets a rousing welcome in Madinah
MIDINAH, AUG 04 (DNA) – “After cycling 4,000 miles and travelling through 17 countries amazing brothers from the UK have finally reached Madinah.They achieved this milestone in over 60 days .The inhabitants of the city of Madinah accorded a rousing welcome to these cyclists upon their arrival in Madinah.People praised the commitment and devotion of the cyclists and wished best of luck to the Tour De Hajj team.=DNA
OIC secretary general assures FM Qureshi of taking notice of Kashmir issue
ISLAMABAD, AUG 04 (DNA) – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday has asked Organization of Islamic Cooperation to take immediate notice of Indian brutalities and persecution in occupied Kashmir.In a telephonic conversation with OIC Secretary General Yousuf Ahmed Al-Othaimeen on Sunday, the minister said use of brute force by India on unarmed Kashmiri people is extremely condemnable.He said India has been violating international laws by unleashing violence and atrocities against Kashmiris. Orders to Hindu Yatrees and tourists to leave Kashmir are also generating anxiety and fear, he added.
China Reacts to Trade Tariffs and Hong Kong Protests by Blaming U.S.
BEIJING — A popular news anchor watched by hundreds of millions of Chinese poured scorn on the United States, using an obscenity to accuse it of sowing chaos. A prominent official blamed Washington directly for the antigovernment protests upending Hong Kong.Pointed hostility toward America, voiced by Chinese officials and state-run news organizations under the control of an all-powerful propaganda department, has escalated in recent weeks in tandem with two of China’s big problems: a slowing economy complicated by trade tensions and turbulence in Hong Kong that has no end in sight.“It is, after all, the work of the United States,” Hua Chunying, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said this week of the unrest in Hong Kong.
