Pakistan, Canada sign protocol on import of canola
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand have signed the Protocol on the Phytosanitary Import Requirements for Genetically Modified Canola Intended for Food, Feed and Processing from Canada to Pakistan. The signing ceremony, held in Islamabad today, was witnessed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The…
Pakistan, Canada vow to expanding trade relations
Pakistan and Canada have expressed the commitment to expanding trade and investment relations through a new Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection agreement. This came at delegation level talks between the two countries at the foreign office in Islamabad today. Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar represented Pakistan while the Canadian delegation by…
Green Pakistan Initiative helping bring barren land under cultivation
Green Pakistan Initiative (GPI) is helping bring barren land under cultivation, providing guidance to farmers and promoting agricultural development. According to Owner of Mehnat Kash Naujawan Farm Asim Awan about eighty percent of the completely barren land allocated to him two years ago has now been brought under cultivation, where wheat,…
Daily petroleum pricing to promote competition: Ali
Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik has said the daily pricing mechanism for petroleum products represents a fundamental shift towards a competitive, market-driven economy by ending dependence on the weekly price announcement cycle and mandatory government approval. He was talking to key petroleum sector stakeholders on the government’s transition from weekly…
Aurangzeb stresses cybersecurity to safeguard taxpayer information
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has underscored the need for continued investment in cybersecurity capabilities and secure digital infrastructure to safeguard taxpayer information. He was chairing a meeting in Islamabad today to review the implementation roadmap and operational readiness of the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) National Faceless Centre, a key initiative…
Pakistan, China sign $440m pharmaceutical agreements
Pakistan and China have signed several agreements worth 440 million dollars in the field of pharmaceutical industry. The agreements were signed between Pakistani and Chinese pharmaceutical companies at a Pakistan-China Business-to-Business investment conference in Islamabad today. Addressing the conference, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed confidence that the agreements would soon translate…
