Ulema’s role highlighted in countering hybrid warfare threats
August 4, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Highlighting the role of religious scholars to neutralising the threats of hybrid warfare, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib requested the Ulema and other religious scholars on Tuesday to create an awareness among the masses, especially on the issues of national security.
Addressing a brainstorming convention on “National Integration: Strategy to interact among different schools of thought”, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting described the modern era as an age of information, saying there is a war of opinions in the world right now. Impending risk of the fifth generation warfare increases the responsibilities of religious scholars of different schools of thoughts, who remain in contact with the people at socio-religious levels. Habib said, “The people come to seek your guidance on different religious issues. Now Pakistan wants you to play
Chinese power firm in Pakistan faces problems
ANI
04 Aug 2021, 14:27 GMT+10
Lahore [Pakistan], August 4 (ANI): Karot Power Company Ltd (KPCL), a special purpose vehicle (SPV) executing the hydropower project on the Jhelum River on a build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) basis with the Chinese power company said that it has been facing serious problems and delays in obtaining advance tax exemption orders at import stage from the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for the last few months.
In a letter to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority chairman Asim Saleem Bajwa, the KPCL complained that the FBR authorities at the Karachi Port have rejected the firm s exemption application for its three shipments without giving any reason, reported Dawn.
PM appoints a civilian to run CPEC affairs
Khalid Mansoor takes over the reins as Lt Gen (retd) Bajwa bows out
Khalid Mansoor. PHOTO: OICCI
ISLAMABAD:
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday appointed Khalid Mansoor as his special assistant on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor affairs, resulting in the resignation of chairman of CPEC Authority, Lt Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa.
“[The] prime minister is pleased to appoint Khalid Mansoor as special assistant to the prime minister on CPEC affairs with immediate effect,” according to a notification issued by the PM Office. The appointment will be in an honorary capacity, it added.
Farrukh highlights Ulema’s role against hybrid warfare threats
August 4, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Highlighting the role of religious scholars to neutralising the threats of hybrid warfare, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib requested the Ulema and other religious scholars on Tuesday to create an awareness among the masses, especially on the issues of national security.
Addressing a brainstorming convention on “National Integration: Strategy to interact among different schools of thought”, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting described the modern era as an age of information, saying there is a war of opinions in the world right now. Impending risk of the fifth generation warfare increases the responsibilities of religious scholars of different schools of thoughts, who remain in contact with the people at socio-religious levels. Habib said, “The people come to seek your guidance on different religious issues. Now Pakistan wants you to pla
August 4, 2021
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