The Government of Pakistan has approved ten goods for GI registration to claim them as the products of Pakistan in the international market. A federal law was in March 2020 calling for the registration of geographical indications and protecting Pakistan’s products. The first phase of GI registration will include Chaunsa Mango, Hunza Ruby, Kinnow, Kashmir Tourmaline, Peridot Stone, Peridot Valley.
Pakistan signed two MoUs for the establishment of software technology parks in Rawalpindi & Faisalabad on Thursday in order to boost its IT industry. The first-ever software technology park will set up at Sitara Chemical’s Ali Fatima College of Science & Technology in Faisalabad. In addition, the software technology park in Rawalpindi will set up in the future at the Amazon Outlet Mall.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the foreign minister for Pakistan, has said Israel is losing out, and the tide is turning. They are losing the media war, he said, despite their connections. He commented during an interview with CNN on Thursday in New York, where he also addressed the emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly on Palestine.