India’s health minister declared victory over Covid-19 in January 2021. A month or so later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also celebrated India’s victory over the virus in words that.
Asking for the moon
May 17, 2021
Discussions about what to do with ‘Eid moonsighting’ have been going on for years. It seems little ever changed. As Israeli fighter jets bombarded Gaza Strip and Palestinian families buried and mourned their dead, Pakistaniswerebusyaskingfor the moon. By then, over 50 Muslim countries in the world had decided aboutthemoon–butnotus. Over 225 million people of Pakistan went through entirely unnecessary anxiety and frustration when the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee (RHC) – the officialmoon-sightingbody–lingered on for hours, deliberating upon whether to announce the sighting of the moon for Eid. Most mosques had completed their taraveeh prayers in anticipation of the roza on Thursday. All scientific explanations had predicted that the moon would not be sighted on Wednesday evening hence noEidonThursdaycouldpossiblybe observed.Mostofthecountryhadnot sighted the moon, apart from some scatteredwitnesses. TheformerheadoftheRHC,Mufti Muneebur Rahman
Daily Times
May 12, 2021
A conference on the second anniversary of the Silk Road Community Building Initiative was held here that was attended by Song Tao, Minister of the International Department Central Committee of CPC (IDCPC), according to a report published by Gwadar Pro.
Chen Zhou, Deputy Minister of IDCPC, Ahmed Farooq, Pakistani Minister Counselor to China, and ambassadors to China from Laos, Lebanon, Mongolia, Namibia and Nepal also participated in the event.
At the event, the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) announced that after their aid in 2020, they are planning to donate 10,000 Panda Packs which contain living materials to Pakistani children in 2021 under the Silk Road Community Building Initiative.
Pakistan seeks more trade with Central Asia in diversity push
Business
May 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is looking to intensify trade with neighbor Afghanistan and countries in Central Asia, as it looks to diversify commerce beyond the top players, the nation’s trade adviser told Bloomberg.
The South Asian nation is looking to finalize a new trade accord with Kabul by June, Abdul Razak Dawood, the commerce adviser to Prime Minister Imran Khan, said in an interview in Islamabad. It plans to grow trade with five landlocked Central Asian nations Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan to about $1.5 billion a year from less than a billion in the past decade, he said.
Pakistan is looking for diversity, seeks more trade with Afghanistan, Central Asian nations
Pakistan plans to grow trade with 5 landlocked nations Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan to about $1.5 bn a year, said the commerce adviser to the PM.
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Islamabad: Pakistan is looking to intensify trade with neighbor Afghanistan and countries in Central Asia, as it looks to diversify commerce beyond the top players, the nation’s trade adviser said.
The South Asian nation is looking to finalize a new trade accord with Kabul by June, Abdul Razak Dawood, the commerce adviser to Prime Minister Imran Khan, said in an interview in Islamabad. It plans to grow trade with five landlocked Central Asian nations Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan to about $1.5 billion a year from less than a billion in the past decade, he said.