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Cabinet Sanctions 10 M. Afs for Engineering TC3 Vol. XVII, No. 161, Monday, Oct. 9, 1978, Mizan 17. 1357 S.H PRICE AF. 6 Cabinet sanctions 10 Accord signed ARCS - to celebrate "special month" with USSR KABUL, Oct. 8, (Bakh-tar)- . occasion, at national and men, Marastoon, schools With the reading international level, with . in the centre and provin- KABUL, Oct. 9, (Bakht-ar)- . of the message of great due attention to intern-- ' ces and educational and m . afs for engineering The agreement for leader of people of Afgh- ational slogan of 1978 cultural circles. purchasing of needed spa- anistan, Noor Mohammad "Join in" from Mizan 24 The, source added, in re parts and equipment for Taraki, President of the (October 16) through Aq-ra- b accordance .with the 197980 of Petroleum Ex- Revolutionary Council 24 (15 November)." instruction of patron of ploration Project of north- consultin r services and Rime Minister and The ARCS in pursuan- - . ARCS, Noor Mohammad ern parts was signed bet- patron of the Afghan Red ce with the instruction of Taraki, during the ARCS ween the Democratic Re- Crescent Society this ye- patron of ARCS, Noor special month, aids, in cash KABUL, Oct. 9, (Bakht-ar-). rent arid taxation of hou- the housing factory the public of Afghanistan and ar the special month ; of Mohammad Taraki, Pre- and goods, will be distri- The cabinet of the ses was approved. Cabinet approved payment the Soviet Union yesterday. obse- sident of the Revolution- the Society will be buted , to the real deserv- Democratic Republic of In this decision it is men- of eight and a half million The agreement was sig- rved throughout the co- ary Council and Prime ing people in the centre Afghanistan met at the Ho- tioned that when the total dollars. The Cabinet ins- ned in the presence of Eng. untry. Minister, in cooperation and provinces. - use of People from 10 : 00 monthly income of the ow- tructed the Ministry of Pl- Abdul Kafi Rasuli, Depu- In accordance with with cultural, education- On this occasion some AM to 1:00 PM yesterday ner of the house or hou- anning Affairs to help the ty Minister of Mines of the recommendation of al and .workers organisa- - main streets in the city under the chairmanship of ses does not exceed five Ministry of Public Works ' the Ministry of Mines and International League of tions In the light of lofty will be decorated .with Noor Mohammad Taraki', hnudred afghanis he will in provision of the above Industries between Eng. Red Cross, this year inst- objectives of Saur Revo the symbol of ARCS and President of the Revoluti- bev exempted from munici- sum. Gul Nawaz, President of ead of the. special week, lution and implementat- national flags of Demo- onary Council and Prime pality tax and if the total Afghanistan National special month will .be de- ion of national and int- cratic Republic of Afg- Minister. income exceeds five hun- Likewise, it was decided (Continued on page 4) : voted to observing the ernational principles of hanistan. At the start of mee- afghanis the dred municipality that the Ministries of Plan- International League of. Similarly, during ting the President of tax be payable. any this the shall If ning Affairs and Finance Red Cross and humanitar- special ARCS month the Revolutionary Council fraudulency and between the should provide the Ministry Eng. Zaref inspects ian goals of ARCS and mass media throughout Prime Minister presented renter and is the rentee of Public Works with the the special month will the country will take the cabinet with accounts discovered they will be pu- sum needed for constructi- be observed with revol- part in publishing . and of the internal and exter- nished according to the low-co- st on of 500 houses. communication project utionary spirit. broadcasting the nation- nal situation. , provisions of law. Similarly according . to al and humanitarian goals Then Abdul Mis-aq- , KABUL, Oct. 9, (Bakh-tar- ). Revolution and added th- According to program- Karim the proposal of the Ministry of ARCS and the ARCS Minister of Finance pre- The Cabinet decided that of Water and Power it was Eng. Zaref, Depu- at with the establishme- mes during the special Publication Department sented a report on his par- import; fowling pieces ty, Minister, of Commnic-ation- s nt of Khalqi state, in the ARCS month, the mini- of is decided that all the pers- - will put out a special ed- the1 pre- ticipation and work in the permissible. Fowling pieces onnel, vehicles budget visited the , Central country ground is sters of Information and and ition. annual meeting of Wo- communications project pared, in a short span of Culture, Justice, Public, the which' have already been organisation and maintenan- The "Join In" year be- rld Bank and International imported Satarday and gave inst- time, for construction of Health, Education and and are at the ce of the Helmand Construc- gan from 18, 1457 coninc-idin- g Monetary Fund. custom ructions to the officials in new Afghanistan. ' Secretary General of house or are to be tion Unit should be merged ' with 150 birth an- charge. The new centre ; Refering to several will speec- Afterwards the cabinet imported according to pre- with the organisation and ARCS deliver niversary of late Henry discussed permit- is being built next to the months activities of the hes over Radio Televis- various issues vious contracts are budget of the maintenance Dunant, the founder of de- Ba- Khalqi state ion on- - humanitarian ob- and took the following ted to get out of cus- project of Helmand Vall- Pashtany Tejaraty for interests International Red Cross ' nk- toiling people; ' Eng. cisions: toms. ey Development Authority. of jectives of ARCS and its League. ' The proposal of the Mi- For meeting the require- , During the visit, Eng. Zaref said the transfer of coordination with the na- from tional va- - nistry of Interior on the ments and for expanding The Cabinet decided th- Zaref delivered a speech political power the and democratic ' tyrant and exploi- Revol- - (Bakh-tar- ). at 10 million afghanis sh- on formation of People's ruling luesof great Saur KABUL, Oct. 9, of Af- ting classes to the toiling ution. ( ould be provided txf the In- Democratic Party , Dr. Abdul Moha- Engraving and exploited stratum A source section stitute of Engineering Ser- ghanistan and its glorious of Informat- mmad! Darmangar, Pres- vices and Consultation from struggles under the guid- and taking over of power ion and Public Relations ident of the Health Aff- by vanguards of working Department of , ARCS sa- contingency developm- ance of beloved , son of airs of Ministry of Public the ' reactivated ent budget of the Ministry people of the country, class in the 'country, ca- id during the same month Health left for Bahrain agents of special ' of Planning Affairs as the Noor Mohammad Taraki, used the rea- functions will be yesterday to participate KABUL. Oct. 8. (Bakht-ar- ). block the realisation of the of aristocracy and held at Military- - Acade- share of the Ministry of Secretary General the ction,, at the secondary session The engraving sec- lofty objectives of Saur of Pe- imperialism to begin des-para- te my, Mini- Water and Power, Ministry Central Committee Public Health of Eastern Mediterrean tion' of the Lapidary,, Carp-entar- y Revolution and interests of efforts1 to stry, Academy, of Commerce and Plann- ople's Democratic Party obstruct Sarandoy region of World Health and Concrete Mat- the people with their pois- and victo- the revolutionary and ' Democratic Org- ing Affairs. of Afghanistan Khalqi Organisation which will erials Enterprise the Mi- VVo ' of onous propaganda. ry of liberating v Saur (Continued on page 4) anisation of Afghan be held in Manama. nistry of i Mines and Indu- Now that our Khalqi sta- On the proposal of the stries was reactivated te enjoys the full support Ministry' of Radio-Televisio- n At the function held of the noble people of .Af- i the Ministry of Finance I I w on the occasion Deputy ghanistan these reactionary ir will provide 4,505,982 Minister for Mines Eng. and puppets of imperialism Afs. u to the Ministry of Radio-Televisio- n Abdul Kafi Rasuli deliver-- , like the leftist extremists, to meet its bud- ed a speech. The function narrow-minde- d nationalists getary problems. was held at the Kabul In- and the Ikhwanis will not The in its meet- ' dustrial site. succeed in their ominous Cabinet 1 ing approved the following At the function held on goals and our vigilant peo- contracts ; the occasion in the comp- ple will also crush them ound of the above enterpri- like the recent conspirators 1 Engineering Consulta- se, Eng. Rasuli in a speech led by Babrak Karmal. tion Contract the' Khan-aba- d said: It is a matter of Similarly, the President of ' Electric Power Sta- pleasure that in the light of the Lapidary, Carpentary tion project with the Indian of the lofty objectives of and Concrete Materials En- ... Wapcos Company. the Saur Revolution and terprise, Eng. Mohammad . ! I ( in pursuance of the allsid-e- d Zarif spoke in relation to ' provision of J Contract for programmes of the De- the reactivation of the plant. i economic and technical re- mocratic Republic of Af- One of the workers of the Isis ,mMi port of the chemical ' ghanistan the engraving engraving section repres- new m r. ... Vy section has been reactivat- enting the others provided fertiliser factory with the ill Soviet ed. explanations on the lootings' Union. of Yahya dynasty from Contract for provision Deputy Radio-Televisio- n He Khayal Mohammad Katawazi, Minister of 'speaking , at the function held by added that tor jears the engraving plant of the of equipment for drilling of Pharmacy College.
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