Two young Pakistani innovators have recently launched an app which will make the task of recycling used books and coursework as easy as few clicks. Muhammad Zainulabadin Mughal and Sheikh Muhammad Sharjeel have created the WeRead app, through which users can donate and sell books on minimal prices or find books related to virtually any and every category.
Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi has announced that government has granted tax exemption to China Overseas Ports Holding Company (COPHC) for 23 years to facilitate establishment of its industrial units at Gwadar Port. COPHC would get tax exemption for installation of machinery, as a step towards relocation of Chinese manufacturing industry in Gwadar and engaging local labour.
Prime Minister Imran Khan named as “Man of the Year” in a recent list of the most persuasive Muslims in the world by Jordan Royal Isamic Strategic Studies Center. According to Professor Schleifer Khan earned the title not only by his brilliant performance in cricket but also through successful fundraising campaigns to establish a cancer hospital and mainly because of his desire for peace with India.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to offer handing over Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) to China through government to government deal during his upcoming vist to Beijing on October 07, 2019. He decided to discuss five major issues including offering PSM, finalising deal on modernisation of railway Mainline (ML-1), financing of Bunji hydropower project, agriculture and social sectors-related projects in and outside the ambit of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam on Saturday analogised the upcoming Azadi March to a “war” which he said will “only end with the fall of the government”. Rehman claimed that the entire country will be a battlefield that will culminate in Islamabad. Later, he added that the party’s strategy won’t remain stagnant and will keep evolving to cope up with any situation.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman would not be able to use “religious card” against the government at the instruction of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N). He manifested no fear of the JUI-F’s call for Islamabad lock down on 27th October while talking to a selected group of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf leaders. .
The Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal has clarified that outgoing UN envoy, Maleeha Lodhi completed her tenure and was not fired. The Foreign Office also credited Dr Lodhi for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s successful participation in recent UN General Assembly session. The FO spokesman’s tweet came in response to ongoing speculation about reasons behind change of the envoy in New York.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) has announced to march on October 27 to oust the government. Rehman claimed that JUI-F delegations from across the country would join the “Azadi March” at Islamabad’s D-Chowk. Later, he added that this march is to get rid of PTI government which, according to him, “has destroyed the economy”.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will invest $5 billion in an oil refinery project in Hub, Pakistan by the end of the year, local news channel reported. The investment will be between Mubadala Petroleum Company of Abu Dhabi, Pak Arab Refinery Limited (Parco) and OMV [OMV Pakistan Exploration Gesellschaft], revealed UAE Ambassador to Pakistan Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salem Al-Zaabi.
Minister of State for Narcotics Control Shehryar Afridi told the Senate that drug test would be made mandatory for the school staff as well as the students of Islamabad in the near future. Further, he warned that anyone involved in propagation of drugs among youth would not be spared as well as anyone possessing/distributing crystal methamphetamine.