Tag: Eco

Two-day meeting of ECO parliamentarians in Islamabad

Parliamentarians from Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member countries will arrive in Islamabad to attend a two-day meeting of ECO Parliamentarians, to be held from...

ECO to evaluate potential of Pakistan’s ports

Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) has sought the Ministry of Ports and Shipping for carrying out a study on six ports of Pakistan, Turkey, and...

ECO countries urged to join Pak-Afghan Transit Trade agreement

The Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Faheem has urged Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) member countries to join the Pakistan-Afghan Transit Trade Agreement to enhance...

ICCI to strengthen economy by developing cooperation with ECO countries

Mahfooz Elahi, President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) has said that Pakistan has plenty of opportunities to strengthen its economy by developing...

ECO train a permanent feature: Railways

LAHORE - The Pakistan Railways administration has said that the Gul Express, ECO container train, between Pakistan and Turkey via Iran, has become a permanent feature as it promotes regional and international trade links.
While contradicting a news item published in a local paper, PR Director Public Relations Mohsin Yousuf, in a press statement on Saturday, said the train had become a monthly service since August 2010 and runs on first Thursday of each month between Pakistan and

Pakistan attaches great importance to ECO: Salman

ISLAMABAD - Secretary-General ECO Mohammad Yahya Maroofi on Friday met Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir at the Foreign Office and informed him about status of the initiatives taken by the ECO in multiple domains. Lauded efforts of the secretary general in giving a new momentum to multi-dimensional cooperation in the organisation, Salman Bashir said Pakistan attached great important to cooperation within the ECO framework.
"The ECO secretary-general mentioned the initiatives about

Portman impressed with eco film set

Eco warrior Natalie Portman was impressed with the lengths director Darren Aronofsky went to make sure their new movie set 'Black Swan' was green. The movie won the recent Green Seal Award from the Environmental Media Association for cutting back on waste and plastic - and Portman admits she loved following her director's green lead.
She says, "Darren is a huge environmentalist and made sure there were no water bottles anywhere on set which is a huge, huge deal because we were