50 fire engines, two bowsers given to Karachi by federal government
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January 11, 2021
KARACHI: As many as 50 state-of-the-art fire tenders procured by the federal government have arrived at the Karachi Port to enhance the firefighting capability of the city.
Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, along with Federal Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar and Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Aminul Haq, attended a ceremony on Sunday at the port to receive the fire tenders on behalf of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC). Reports said two bowsers, having the capacity to store 18,000 litres of water, are also the part of new fleet, purchased by the federal government to enhance the firefighting capability of Karachi.
KCCI slams Railways’ action against Gul Ahmed
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January 10, 2021
KARACHI: The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has strongly condemned the unjust action of the Pakistan Railways against Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited of sealing the legally acquired yard without any court order or legal justification, a statement said on Saturday.
KCCI President M Shariq Vohra appealed Prime Minister Imran Khan and Sindh Governor Imran Ismail to take notice of the wrongdoing by the Pakistan Railways, which would terribly affect the operations of Gul Ahmed and put thousands of workers’ jobs at stake. He said the legally acquired yard of Gul Ahmed Textile was situated on Pakistan Railways’ land where the textile mill kept all its cotton stocks in bulk quantities, but it was sealed probably due to the ongoing anti-encroachment drive.
Federal planning minister Asad Umar addresses the media on Sunday. DawnNewsTV
Sindh Governor Imran Ismail on Sunday announced the arrival of 52 modern fire tenders in Karachi in an effort to boost the city s fire emergency system.
He was addressing a press conference at the Karachi Port, accompanied by Minister for Shipping and Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar, federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Syed Aminul Haq and PTI leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi.
The governor said the project to bring in the 52 fire tenders was an initiative of the Sindh Infrastructure Development Company Limited (SIDCL) and termed it a great gift for the city of Karachi. Ismail said the fire department would be responsible for the fire tenders and they would come under the ownership of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC).
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan, citing reports, said on Thursday that as compared to Pakistan’s exports, exports of India and Bangladesh showed negative growth in November and December.
PM felicitates economic team on increased exports
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January 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan, citing reports, said on Thursday that as compared to Pakistan’s exports, exports of India and Bangladesh showed negative growth in November and December, 2020.
Prime minister tweeted, “I have received the regional export trends and this shows that, compared to our exports, the exports of India and Bangladesh for Nov/Dec 2020 showed negative growth. I wish once again to congratulate the exporters and the Ministry of Commerce for this achievement”.
Statistics were also uploaded on his twitter account, which showed Pakistan’s exports in November and December last year were 8.32 percent and 18.30 percent, respectively, while those of India were -9.07 per cent and -0.80 per cent, whereas Bangladesh’s were 0.76 per cent and -6.11 per cent for the same period.