China’s inroads into the Pakistani economy - opinion
Sun Online Desk
11th April, 2021 08:44:03
While the Pakistani president and foreign minister visited China at the height of pandemic in March 2020, the scheduled visit of Chinese President Xi Xinping to Pakistan was deferred several times.
Getting the CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) Authority law passed high handedly in the National Assembly in February 2021 has made the Pakistan government’s position more embarrassing as lack of progress on the mega- project has come under increased scrutiny in the eyes of media and public. The subtle signs of unease between the two countries over the future direction and subsequent funding of CPEC projects had already started surfacing earlier especially after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will soon ink a comprehensive agreement on Customs cooperation and assistance to promote bilateral trade and control illicit drug trafficking. Reuters/File
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will soon ink a comprehensive agreement on Customs cooperation and assistance to promote bilateral trade and control illicit drug trafficking between the two countries.
The proposed agreement text which has already approved by the Pakistani side has been shared with Saudi Arabian Customs authorities for approval from the government. The issue was raised during a meeting of Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Pakistan Nawaf Saeed Al-Malikey who called on Federal Board of Revenue Chairman Javed Ghani at the authority’s headquarters.
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National
December 31, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee was told on Wednesday that sub-standard ghee was being sold at Utility Stores Corporation stores.
A meeting of the Public Accounts Committee was held with Rana Tanveer Husain in the chair that examined audit paras relating to the Utility Stores Corporation and Federal Bureau of Revenue Chairman Javed Ghani gave a briefing to the committee on the Automation of the FBR.
During the meeting, the Public Accounts Committee also sought a report on cases referred to the National Accountability Bureau by the committee. PAC Chairman Rana Tanveer Hussain was of the view the the NAB chairman should brief the committee on the progress on the cases sent by the PAC.