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Senate Elections Curfew Has Been Announced in Wana Bazar Continued from Front Page Due to the Conflict 08 Govt plans distributing 5,000 PS-88 by-elections: Police tractors under ‘Kamyab Kissan’ arrest PTI’s Haleem Adil ISLAMABAD: The government has planned to dis - KARACHI: Sindh Police arrests PTI’s Haleem Adil tribute as many as 5,000 tractors among the youth The Sheikh for not following the regulations of ECP. Polling under Kamyab Kissan Programme. “So far, over 25 tractors have been distributed, who are qualified to get was underway for the by-elections in PS-88 constituency of loan for livestock sector under the Youth Entrepre - Sindh assembly. PTI’s Haleem Adil Sheikh was roaming neurship Scheme,” a senior official told this agency on with armed guards during the polling. Taj Haidar com - Tuesday. The ‘Kamyab Kissan’ project was launched plained ECP about Haleem’s conduct and asked ECP to by PM Imran to extend all possible technical and fi - take actions. ECP issued a notification and commanded nancial assistance to farmers. —APP LahoreB, Wednesuday, Febsruariy 17n, 2021 Reajab-usl-Musraj 04, 1442 Haleem to move out of the constituency. —Online Alvi greets PN CPEC to promote for successfully economic, trade in hosting AMAN-21 region: Yasinzai From Our Staff Correspondent QUETTA: Governor Balochistan Amanul - lah Khan Yasinzai on Tuesday said the com - KARACHI: President Dr Arif Alvi has pletion of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor said Pakistan Navy Multinational Maritime (CPEC) project would not only end economic Exercise AMAN-21 will pave the way to stagnation in the world but also make the entire make the region more peaceful and secure region a hub of economic and trade activities. with combined efforts by all stakeholders. He stressed for speeding up the work in the Addressing the concluding ceremony in Bostan Industrial Zone (BIZ) so that local Karachi today (Tuesday), he congratulated traders and industrialists could take full ad - Pakistan Navy for successfully hosting of vantage of the investment opportunities avail - AMAN-21 and reaffirming Pakistan s resolve able here. Governor expressed these views for promoting peace and security in the re - while talking to a delegation led by Vice Pres - gion. The President thanked the participating ident of Chamber of Commerce and Industry regional and extra-regional navies for dis - Akhtar Kakar at the Governor House Quetta playing their commitment to collaborative here. maritime security despite COVID-19 pan - During the meeting, they discussed eco - demic. nomic developments in the region, new pos - Dr Arif Alvi also observed various opera - sibilities for cross-border trade with tional manoeuvres and drills during the Inter - neighboring countries and making full use of national Fleet Review. The Fleet Review also KARACHI: President Arif Alvi attends the concluding ceremony of the 7th edition of the the facilities provided by the government. featured an impressive Fly Past by Pakistan multinational Maritime Exercise, Aman-2021. —DNA The Governor of Balochistan said that in Navy, Pakistan Air Force and participating view of mega CPEC project, we have to focus foreign aircraft followed by Man and Cheer - on teaching our new generation modern artis - ship by participating ships. Speaking on the tic and technical skills saying that in this re - occasion, Naval Chief Admiral Muhammad gard, it is imperative that the govt, taking into Amjad Khan Niazi reaffirmed that the Pak - account the present and future needs, take all istan Navy will continue to play active role in necessary steps for the full functioning of all enhancing regional maritime security indi - technical institutes in the province and formu - vidually and in collaboration with partner FBR now ready late a comprehensive strategy for the estab - navies. lishment of new centers for teaching modern skills . —APP No one can cancel to increase cross Virus tally down Nawaz’ passport, to 958 infections says Khaqan amid 47 deaths ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and border trade The national tally on Tues - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) sen - By Our Special Correspondent duced from 120 hours to 24 hours. for import / export clearances; enhancing ISLAMABAD: ior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday “In order to further improve Pakistan’s capacities of Pakistan Customs officials for day of total active COVID-19 cases recorded said that the so-called accountability holders LAHORE: The Federal Board of Rev - position in trading across border criterion, playing pro-active role in smoothly regu - 25,383 with 958 more people tested positive will themselves be held accountable one day. enue (FBR) is all set to increase cross the Federal Board of Revenue is pursuing lating border trade,” the FBR said. for the deadly virus and 1,064 people recov - Talking to media persons in Islamabad, the border trade with India and Afghanistan simultaneous completion of regional im - ICCI calls for withdrawal of ered from the disease during the last 24 hours. former premier said the Senate votes were respectively, officials in the Customs De - provement of border services and Pakistan power tariff hike Forty seven corona patients have died dur - bought in 2018 and its video is also available. partment said late Monday. Single Window,” they said. “Regional im - The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce ing past 24 hours, 42 of them were under treat - Those MPAs who received money belonged The Pakistan Customs has pursued im - provement of border services is being im - & Industry (ICCI) has called upon the gov - ment in hospital and five in their respective to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), he said. plementation of effective customs controls plemented at Torkham, Chaman, and ernment to withdraw the recent hike of quarantines or at their homes on Monday, ac - Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said PTI MPAs re - so that compliant trade is thoroughly facil - Wagah and is the flagship programme that Rs.1.95 per unit in electricity across the cording to the latest update issued by the Na - vealed that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief min - itated, while lesser /non-compliant trade is aims at improving border-crossing facilities board as it would put additional burden of tional Command and Operation Centre ister gave money at the speaker's house, and diverted to detailed scrutiny. “This strategy which are key transit points to Afghanistan around Rs.200 billion on consumers, fur - (NCOC). that speaker is the NA speaker today. The worked well, as conceived by Pakistan Cus - and India. Pakistan Single Window, on the ther escalate the cost of production and During the last 24 hours most of the deaths PML-N leader demanded PM Imran Khan to toms, and has gone a long way in reducing other hand, would integrate online at least push up inflation leading to more harmful had occurred in the Punjab followed by Sindh. give an explanation over the matter of Broad - the dwell time (at the borders /ports) for im - 46 departments/agencies in Pakistan and consequences for the overall economy. It added that out of the total 47 deaths during sheet. Nawaz Sharif remained Pakistan's PM ports /exports in Pakistan by increasing the would make trading across border a hassle Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President, ICCI last 24 hours 11 patients died on ventilators. thrice and no one has the authority to cancel percentage of clearances through green free and seamless operation.” said that Pakistan needed to boost exports Maximum ventilators were occupied in four his passport, he added. —DNA channel, the officials explained.” The officials said its efforts brought the to get rid of foreign debt burden and attain major areas including Multan 37 percent, Is - For instance, the time required for doc - country’s positions 31 notches up in the sustainable economic growth, however, the lamabad Capital Territory (ICT) 31 percent, umentary compliance to effect exports has trading across border index of the World repeated increase in power tariffs would in - Bahawalpur 32 percent and Lahore 37percent. been reduced from 55 hours to 24 hours, Bank’s Doing Business 2020 published in crease cost of doing business and make Maximum oxygen beds (alternate oxygen Tribal clash in and the time required for overall border October 2019. Pakistan improved from Pakistani products more uncompetitive in providing facility other than ventilator admin - compliance to effect exports has also been 142nd to 111th on the rank of trading across the international market leading to further istered as per medical requirement of COVID SW; curfew at reduced from 75 hours to 24 hours. Simi - border index. “The Federal Board of Rev - decline in business activities and exports. patient) was also occupied in four major areas larly, the time required for documentary enue made trading across borders easier by He said that electricity was a major input of Gujrat 61 percent, Peshawar 40 percent, Wana bazar compliance to effect imports has been re - focusing three crucial areas: enhancing the for many SMEs and large scale manufac - Multan 23 percent, and Lahore 21pc. —APP duced from 143 hours to 24 hours, and the integration of various agencies in the Web- turing units, therefore, the hike in power DI KHAN: ‘Dotani’ and ‘ZaliKhail’ tribes time required for overall border compli - Based One Customs electronic system; re - tariff would hurt their business signifi - of South Waziristan involved in armed clash ance to effect imports has also been re - ducing the number of documents required cantly that would damage our economy. as land conflict occurs between the two tribes. Senate elections Curfew has been announced in Wana bazar Continued from front page due to the conflict. According to details, the conflict got intense during the last few days and Raja Zafar-ul-Haq, Mushahidullah Khan, both the tribes have built armed bunkers against Parvez Rasheed, Yaqoob Khan Nasir, Raheela each other. No deaths have been reported dur - Philippines envoy for bids Magsi, Agha Shahzaib Durrani, Ayesha Raza, ing the conflict despite the houses being set to Ch Tanvir, Asad Ashraf, Ghaus Niazi, Salahud - fire.
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