Opposition should take decisions in national interest, says Khattak
July 11, 2021
NOWSHERA: Federal Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak on Saturday said that the country was passing through a critical phase of its history and the opposition parties should take decisions in the national interest.
Speaking to party workers in Pirsabak, Zaramiana in PK-61 constituency here, he said that scores of families were lifted from the poverty line through various projects, including Ehsaas Programme, Ration cards and others initiated by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
He asked opposition parties to supplement the government efforts to work for the welfare of the people and the country.
July 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The 10th meeting of Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is scheduled to be held on July 16, Chairman CPEC Authority Lt. Gen. (Retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa said Saturday.
While announcing the date for the much-awaited meeting, he said the meeting would be held via video link and co-chaired by Planning Minister Asad Umar and Vice Chairman National Development and Reforms Commission (NDRC) Ning Jizhe.
“Normally the JCC meeting is held once in a year. The 9th meeting was held in 2019 but the 10th meeting could not be scheduled in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The JCC is the highest decision-making forum on CPEC which would review progress and future projects as well, Bajwa said.
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) chairman retired Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa said the meeting would help enhance cooperation between the two countries in the fields of science and technology, agriculture, industries and the Gwadar Port. Photo courtesy Radio Pak/File
ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will be held on Friday, July 16, with the aim of further expanding the scope of cooperation between the two countries and expediting its projects.
The JCC meeting, which is being held after a gap of over one-and-a-half years, will be attended by ministers and officials of Pakistan and China through video link.
Taliban resurgence raises terror fears from Moscow to China
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Pakistan, which helped the Taliban rise to power in the 1990s, is now worried about a resurgence of the TTP. Only recently crushed by a combination of Pakistan military operations and U.S. drone strikes, the TTP may see an opportunity to attack Chinese projects to influence policy in Islamabad.
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In this file photo taken on March 11, 2002 US soldiers returning from the Gardez battlefield leave a Chinook helicopter at the US base in Bagram
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