Tag: Plan

ISLAMABAD - The Board of Investment (BoI) Chairman Saleem H Mandviwalla urged the Government of Japan to place Pakistan in the relocation plan for the Japanese industry along the lines of plans for ASEAN countries, particularly Thailand.
He stated this during at a meeting held for the improvement of the investment policy with JICA Advisor. It was attended by the acting Japanese Ambassador Jota Yamamota. BoI secretary said that Yamamoto had agreed to present Pakistan's case to his

LAHORE - Adamjee Life held a dinner at a local hotel to celebrate the launch of "Pay Continuation Plan" in collaboration with Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited.
Pay Continuation Plan is a tick box insurance product, designed to ensure that family of the insured persons keeps receiving an amount equal to the monthly salary, for up to five years - in case of an unfortunate demise of the insured.
The plan is aimed at maintaining living standard of the grieving family,

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has called for the inclusion of legislators to mature the Punjab Drinking Water Policy, further delaying its implementation, amidst alarming levels of water pollution in the province.
The first ever Punjab Drinking Water Policy, which has been pending over the last six months, is supposed to regulate quantity and quality of drinking water by addressing the institutional, administrative, legal, regulatory, fiscal, social and

LAHORE - Students from the University of Management and Technology (UMT) bagged second position in the "Young Entrepreneurial Business Plan Competition 2011" jointly organized by the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and Government of the Punjab.
The four-member panel of experts selected GSM Home, the business plan developed by UMT students, for this position after a gruelling competition from teams of some of the top ranked business and engineering schools like

WASHINGTON - Pakistan lacks a robust plan to defeat Taliban militants and its security forces struggle to hold areas cleared of the Al Qaeda-linked fighters at great cost, according to US report released on Tuesday.
"There remains no clear path toward defeating the insurgency in Pakistan, despite the unprecedented and sustained deployment of over 147,000 forces," President Barack Obama's administration said in a report to lawmakers in Congress.
The report highlighted

WASHINGTON - Pakistan lacks a robust plan to defeat Taliban militants and its security forces struggle to hold areas cleared of the al Qaeda-linked fighters at great cost, according to U.S. report released on Tuesday.
The United States wants Pakistan to subdue Taliban fighters using safe havens in its rugged tribal areas to attack U.S. forces across the border in Afghanistan.
"There remains no clear path toward defeating the insurgency in Pakistan, despite the unprecedented

LAHORE - Commuters using Ferozepur Road on a daily basis are facing numerous problems owing to the diversions created for the construction of the Kalma Chowk flyover, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The road has been barricaded while one of its sides has been blocked completely, which starts from Qaddafi Stadium to Kalma Chowk. According to Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Agency (TEPA) figures, Ferozepur Road used to accommodate more than 0.25 million vehicles daily. All

LONDON - Blackburn are preparing to spread the English Premier League gospel in India as part of an Asian tour later this year, manager Steve Kean confirmed Tuesday. Blackburn, who are owned by Indian poultry giants Venky's, are in talks to play a friendly against Brazilian outfit Flamengo in India before moving on to Hong Kong to play in the Premier League Asia Trophy.
Kean confirmed the plans after holding talks with Rovers owners in late March.
"It was a very good

Movie bosses behind the Batman franchise have confirmed the Caped Crusader will return in a reboot following Christopher Nolan's upcoming third film - sparking rumours they are already hunting for an actor to take over from Christian Bale.
Bale will return to play the superhero for a third time in Nolan's next movie 'The Dark Knight Rises,' opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gary Oldman and Anne Hathaway as Catwoman. The Oscar-winner has already hinted he will hang up his cape when

KARACHI - The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) is expected to complete the reviewing process of its provincial plan by the end of May, for sensitising stakeholders on organising disaster-management tasks thematically on foolproof scientific basis.
In order to do so it is essentially important to build the capacity of the officers working at provincial and district levels by imparting training in key areas including emergency information management system;

LONDON/TRIPOLI - International powers meeting in London on Tuesday edged closer to an exile plan for embattled Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi, as France said it was ready to discuss military aid for rebels.
More than 40 countries and organisations including the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) agreed to create a contact group to map out a future for Libya and to meet again as soon as possible in Qatar.
Meanwhile, Gaddafi's better-armed and

ISLAMABAD - A technical committee of the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) will finalise the water availability estimate and irrigation plan for the upcoming Kharif season here on March 25. An official source said that the IRSA's secretary would chair the meeting which will be attended by provincial directors regulation of the irrigation departments. The committee would finalise water probabilities based on historic flows and rainfall. It would also seek proposals for water-sharing

COLOMBO - Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has vowed to unleash a surprise assault on defending champions Australia in their eagerly-anticipated World Cup Group A clash on Saturday. Both teams have a chance to top the group and face a relatively weaker team from Group B in their quarter-finals, with Pakistan on eight points from five matches and Australia nine from five. Depending on the finishing positions, Pakistan could even end up facing arch-rivals India in Ahmedabad in the

KARACHI - Commerce Secretary Zafar Mahmood along with Trade Development Authority of Pakistan Chief Tariq Iqbal Puri has met prominent exporters in the textile sector to discuss an action plan for enhancing exports of value added textile sector. The Secretary opened the forum for discussion and invited the Industry representatives to present their viewpoint at the event. Most of the industrialists agreed that value addition in Pakistan was inadequate and claimed that this was due to

ISLAMABAD - The Implementation Commission for the 18th Amendment suffered another blow on Tuesday when the lack of cooperation from the four provinces made the commission, led by Inter-provincial Coordination Minister Raza Rabbani, miss the March 15 deadline set for the second phase of devolution of another five ministries.
The commission, which met here with Rabbani in the chair, was told by the provincial chief secretaries that the provincial governments would not be able to

LAHORE - The right-sizing drive of the Punjab government is superficial and counterproductive on and leaves hundreds of trained human resource in uncertainty, senior government officers told Pakistan Today on Monday. The Punjab government has abolished hundreds of senior posts not only in the districts, but in various administrative departments as well as part of its austerity drive. The step was taken to cut expenditure and use the freed up money for the rehabilitation of flood-hit

KARACHI - Despite clear instructions from the Supreme Court, the provincial government and the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) are yet to ensure proper implementation of the industrial waste disposal plan, it has been learnt.
Well-placed sources told Pakistan Today that the provincial and the city governments seem reluctant to take measures for disposing of industrial waste efficiently, as directed by the apex court.
Taking suo motu notice of environmental pollution