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A 20-year-old student was found dead in a hostel in Lahore s Township, the police said. He was a first-year student at the University of Management and Technology and was enrolled in the Bachelors of Computer Science programme. The student hailed from Bahawalnagar. On Tuesday morning, the student s roommate found him lying unconscious on the washroom floor, according to the police. When they checked his pulse, the student had already passed away. The police were immediately called and the body was moved to a hospital for a post-mortem examination.
Andreas Ferrarese, Italian Ambassador
“I had great expectations but Pakistan is always more than what I expect,” said the Italian ambassador Andreas Ferrarese in a recent meeting at
Dawn’s office. Amid the usual flowery words of Pakistan being a country with great traditions and a young population with positive energy, the ambassador expressed interest in deepening ties between the two countries.
At $1.5 billion, Pakistan-Italy trade is a below its potential. “I was in Lebanon and with its population of four million people, trade was $1.2bn. So there is a lot of room for bilateral trade to grow.”
Pakistan’s main exports are of textile, leather, rice and ethanol. They stood at $731m in the last fiscal year. Imports were $521m. They were mostly of machinery, petroleum products, vehicles, iron and steel and pharmaceuticals.