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Ahsan reviews proposals to finalize 5-year plan

Islamabad - Arab Today

Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal Tuesday reviewed the proposals to finalize the 12th five-year plan here in a meeting held at the Planning Commission of Pakistan.The meeting was jointly chaired by Ahsan Iqbal and the Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Sartaj Aziz. Senior officials and Members of the Planning Commission of Pakistan presented their recommendations for onward deliberationRead more

New and modern trends to be introduced in planning commission

Islamabad - Arab Today

Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Sartaj Aziz has said that new and modern trends should be introduced during planning process of various projects and to uplift the economy of the country. It was stated by him while addressing the Research Officers during a training session who had joined the Ministry of Planning. He congratulated the officers over joining their new assignmentRead more

Development process cannot be achieved withour women role

Islamabad - Arab Today

Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Sartaj Aziz on Thursday said that the women are most important segment of society and the development process in the country cannot be achieved without playing their vital role in this modern era. Addressing the Seminar “Role of Women in Rural Development” organized here by the Planning Commission, he said the Pakistan’s most of population especiallyRead more

Pakistan wants to facilitate Afghanistan for transit trade: Sartaj

Islamabad - Arab Today

Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, Sartaj Aziz on Monday said that Pakistan wanted to facilitate Afghanistan for transit trade. “We wanted to have meetings with Afghanistan to resolve the business related issues existing between the two neighboring countries, ” he said while talking to a private news channel. Pakistan desired to hold meetings with Afghan official but they were reluctantRead more

Preparations for FATA merger process on fast track

Islamabad - Arab Today

Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON), Abdul Qadir Baloch Friday said preparations for Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA) merger were going on fast track and announcement of the merger could take a year or two. “Merger is not possible without complete preparation, however the government is trying hard to complete the preparation and announce the merger during its tenureRead more

Sartaj stresses to increase relations with Australia in agriculture, livestock

Islamabad - Arab Today

Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday stressed the need to increase more engagements in the fields of horticulture, water management, pulses, livestock, agriculture markets with Australia to empower farmers in rural areas of the country. Pakistan has much potential to increase production in these sectors and this would provide an opportunity to increase its exports, he said thisRead more

Sartaj stresses use of digital tools to increase literacy rate

Islamabad - Arab Today

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Sartaj Aziz Friday stressed the need for use of digital tools to achieve higher literacy rate in the country. “We cannot achieve the target of 90 per cent literacy rate under 2025 and 100 per cent by 2030 under Sustainable Development Goals unless we do not use digital technology and tools including cell phones, laptops andRead more

Pakistan, Afghanistan start joint survey after border clash

Quetta - Arab Today

Pakistan and Afghanistan started a joint survey agreed on following last week’s deadly clashes along the two countries’ disputed boundary in Pakistan’s southwest, officials said Monday. The two sides agreed to conduct a geological survey of the border villages to “remove discrepancies.” Pakistan has said Afghan forces fired on Pakistani census workers and troops escorting them, killing two soldiers andRead more

Indian spy facing death has right to appeal

Islamabad - Arab Today

A senior Pakistani official says an Indian naval officer who faces the death penalty for espionage and sabotage will not be immediately executed because he has the right to appeal his conviction by a military tribunal. Sartaj Aziz, the prime minister’s adviser on foreign affairs, told reporters Friday that Kulbhushan Jadhav is entitled to file a mercy petition to theRead more

Pakistan promises nuclear arms responsibility

Islamabad - Arab Today

Pakistan vowed on Tuesday to work to prevent non-nuclear states from gaining the technology that would put them on the path to acquiring nuclear weapons — even though both Islamabad and neighbor New Delhi have defied non-proliferation treaties to become competing nuclear powers. The pledge was delivered by Sartaj Aziz, adviser to Pakistan’s prime minister on foreign affairs, at aRead more