Pakistan Press International
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has said that the government is making all out efforts to address the issues related to growing population in the country.
In a video message at a seminar, he said ministry of planning with the collaboration of UNICEF is compiling data in the country. The Minister said programmes for human development are vital to achieve sustainable development goals.
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday urged the need to bring the country’s IT sector at par with European and US standards besides ensuring data security.
He emphasized the need for one window operations for IT sector in order to narrow down the gap between our production capacity and the IT challenges of the 21st century. The President expressed these views while chairing a meeting with the delegation of Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), led by President OICCI, Irfan Siddiqui, in Karachi, according to a PID statement issued today.
Talking to the delegation, the President said that business communities like OICCI needed to develop liaison and collaboration with academia in order to have market driven approach within existing infrastructures. He added that the government has put the right policies in place regarding business expansion and the IT intellectuals needed to capitalize on these policies so as to contribute to the national development.
The President also underlined the need for women empowerment and granting differently abled persons their rights. He urged the business community to raise breast cancer awareness in their respective business places during the entire month of October. Members of the OICCI delegation appreciated the government policies and expressed confidence in the country’s future.
Highlighting the pivotal role of the IT sector in the economic development, the President said that smart management of country’s resources and adopting an IT-driven approach to business could produce positive results and help overcome the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is providing incentives to various sectors for promoting industrialization in the country.
In an interview, spokesperson to Finance Minister, Muzammil Aslam said construction, industry and manufacturing sectors are producing results due to incentives given by the government.
He said agriculture sector is showing progress in different crops including cotton and rice. He said the target set by the government for tax collection would be achieved without any hindrance. He said subsidy has given on petroleum products besides essential food items.
MASTUNG: Muneer Ahmed Khan Achakzai, SSP, Mastung, has said that police was committed to rooting out drugs from district Mastung of Balochistan province.
These views were expressed by him while addressing a function held here on Monday to destroy large quantity of drugs, including hashish, liquor, heroine, ice and bhung. He said a crackdown against drug peddler would continue. He said that district police were committed to rooting out the menace of drug from district Mastung.
On the occasion, Station House Officer, Police Station, Mastung, Muhammad Younas Muhammad Shae, District Attorney, Jalil Ahmed, Sub Inspector Haji Rozi Khan, Sub Inspector Faqeer Muhammad, Head Muharar Attaullah Muhammad Shae and others were also present.
LARKANA: The garbage of Larkana will be shifted to the city’s outskirts as a tender has been finalized and an order given to a Chinese company which will soon start the work under Solid Waste Management System (SWMS).
This was disclosed by Sindh Minister for Local Bodies and Public Health Engineering Departments Syed Nasir Hussain Shah while talking to newsmen here on Monday. Shah said under solid waste management, work would start in Karachi, Hyderabad, Rohri and Larkana and their staff will collect garbage door to door daily and regularly to keep these cities neat and clean.
Talking about the RTS System, Shah said that the PTI government came to power through this system and now he again wanted the same system to continue his rule which would never come because people had become fed up with him. He said the AVM system had been eliminated from several countries of the world and it could not be imposed in our country because consent of all the parties was necessary.
Shah said an example of India was being given where this system had been introduced after several elections, but here it would be brought through an ordinance which would not be accepted because the Election Commission had also raised its objections and rejected it. He said record inflation had made the lives of the poor people very miserable, hence, he added historically, they (PTI) would not come to power again. Replying to a question, the minister claimed all jobs will be given on merit.
Earlier, Shah presided over a meeting of the officers of Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) and Rural Development Departments (RDD) at Commissioner’s office along with Jameel Soomro, political secretary to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. He directed the officers to complete all ongoing schemes on time and new schemes be also prepared. PHED officials told the minister: ” Forty 40 schemes are underway and 20 of them will be completed by December 2021.”
RDD officers said: “Five schemes are ongoing which will be completed on time. Soomro said that 130 acres of separate land was required for a new graveyard. The minister directed PHED officers to inform him about land required for Oxidation Ponds within a week so that it could be given.