The Business Minimum 5: oC Maximum 19: oC Sunset 05:42pm | Sunrise 06:52am 03 (Tomor - LLAAHHOORREE www.thebusiness.com.pk Friday , February 07, 2020 FAJAR 05:29 AM JUMA 01:30 PM ASR 04:04 PM MAGRIB 05:42 PM ISHA 07: 42 PM Quick Read Vast business opportunities in Punjab: CS —US Consul General discusses bilateral issues with CS By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: US Consul General in Lahore Ms Catherine Rodrigues met Punjab Chief Secretary Major (retd) Azam Suleman Khan at his Civil Sec - retariat office on Thursday. Promotion of bilateral relations and matters of mutual interest were dis - cussed during the meeting. The chief secretary said that there were vast business opportunities in Punjab and work on economic zones in the province was continuing under the supervision of Industries Department. He said that efforts were being made to LAHORE: Members of Pakistan Inqalabi Party (PIP) protest against inflation and government outside the Lahore Press Club. —Online improve governance and performance of departments, adding that process of digitization had been initiated to ensure transparency in the system. Ms Catherine Rodrigues said her PTI govt improving country gives great importance to its re - lations with Pakistan and is willing to Pakistan not to leave economy of bolster bilateral ties. She also assured the chief secretary of full support in progress of the province. Souvenirs country: Tareen were exchanged at the end of the meet - — ing. Meets with Mussarat Jamshed, Jamshed Iqbal Kashmiris alone: CM By Our Staff Reporter PTI government has taken —Thanks nation for celebrating Kashmir Solidarity Day a number of practical steps Aslam opens LAHORE: Spokesperson for bringing prosperity and By Our Staff Reporter Punjab government Musarrat comfort among the lives of loan scheme for Jamshed Cheema and PTI the masses which has no LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Sardar central leader Jamshed Iqbal precedent in the past. skilled youths Usman Buzdar thanked the nation for cele - Cheema meet with PTI sen - PTI government is moving By Our Staff Reporter brating Kashmir Solidarity Day in a befitting ior central leader Jahangir forward by taking its allies manner. Khan Tareen and held a de - along and all their reserva - LAHORE: Provincial Industries and In a statement issued here on Thursday, he tailed discussion about over - tions whatsoever will be re - Trade Minister Mian Aslam Iqbal inau - said that people vigorously raised their voice all political conditions and moved, he maintained. gurated provision of loans to the skilled against the Indian cruelties in Occupied Kash - party affairs. Mussarat Jamshed persons on soft conditions for the re - mir and gave a strong message to the world by Jahangir Khan Tareen Cheema and Jamshed Iqbal vival of cottage industry under the aus - showing complete solidarity with the op - while talking on this occa - Cheema said that previous pices of Punjab Small Industries pressed Kashmiris. This Day has given a sion said that PTI govern - rulers instead of focusing Corporation at Al-Hamra Hall on strong message to India that Pakistan and ment is making positive their attention on the Thursday. Kashmir are inseparable. The nation has real - advancements with regard to progress and prosperity of Initially under this schemes skilled ized to the world that Pakistanis are firmly improving economy of the the country put it on the wel - persons will be given soft loans standing with the Kashmiris, he added. He country and resolving prob - fare of their cronies and amounting to rupees three lac in 13 dis - said that Pakistanis have proved that they lems of the masses under the themselves owing to which tricts of the province. During the initial would not leave the Kashmiris alone. He also vibrant leadership of Prime the whole nation is paying a phase loans amounting to rupees 30 paid tributes to the religious minorities for strengthening of the democracy. government and assured to continue taking Minister Imran Khan. very heavy price today. crore will be distributed under this their full support and strong participation in He opined that legal fraternity has to pro- steps for this purpose. PTI government will fulfil PTI government under the the Kashmir Day celebrations. Kashmir is a schemes. actively perform for timely provision of jus - Govt to build society based on principles all its promises being made dynamic leadership of Prime global issue and the international community In order to make the process trans - tice to the citizens. of social, economic justice: Augustine with the people of Pakistan Minister Imran Khan has not should immediately pay attention to it, con - parent for provision of loans, mobile Permission of BS programme UNDP delegation called on Provincial Min - according to its mandate and only got the country out of cluded the chief minister. application Dastkaar is being intro - granted on direction of CM ister HR&MA Ijaz Alam Augustine at camp opposition will have to face unfavourable and adverse duced through which the applicant will LHCBA delegation calls on CM The Higher Education Department issued office of HR on Thursday. humiliation for trying to conditions but has also set it be informed about every process re - A delegation of Lahore High Court Bar As - NOC, on an application of DC Chiniot, to start Team of UNDP briefed to the minister that spread despair, he added. in the right direction. garding provision of loan and the sociation (LHCBA) led by its President four years BS Program at Government Islamia UNDP already being working with federal Hafeez-ur-Rehman Chaudhry called on Chief process for returning it. Postgraduate College Chiniot. and other provinces and willing to work with Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar at his Provincial Minister while address - The BS program in Islamic Studies, Eng - Punjab’s HR department. office on Thursday. ing the inaugural ceremony has said lish, Chemistry, Urdu and Math would com - They told to the minister that aim of united The chief minister presented a cheque ‘PM strongly presents that Punjab government has launched mence from September 2020. nation development programme (UNDP) was worth one crore rupees for the LHCBA. This permission has been granted on spe - to provide technical and other assistance to loans scheme for the revival of cot - Talking on this occasion, the chief minister tage industry in 36 districts of the cial instruction of Chief Minister Usman Buz - support the Human Rights Department in the case of Kashmir at UN’ said that lawyers have played a leading role dar who said that provision of best educational formulation of a provincial human data col - province. for the supremacy of the constitution and the By Our Staff Reporter This scheme will prove to be a mile - facilities in far-flung areas is the priority of the lection mechanism. stone for the promotion of handicraft LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Energy Dr Akhtar has said and for the prosperity of artisans. This that Pakistan has fought wars of others in the last forty years will prove to be an important step to - that led to many problems which hindered smooth develop - wards provision of employment, elimi - Sugar Mills case: LHC grants bail to Hamza ment of the country and we lost our identity. nation of poverty, economic progress By Our Staff Reporter He said that we needed to re-identify our objectives in the and prosperity of the country. light of teachings of Quaid-e-Azam. LAHORE: A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Thursday granted bail to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza He was addressing the 5th Speakers Convention on Kash - Shehbaz in Ramzan Sugar Mills case. mir organized by Pakistan Youth Parliament at Punjab Uni - 2 killed over enmity The bench comprising Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Chaudhry Abdul Aziz heard the post-arrest bail petition, filed by the PML- versity College of Earth and Environmental Sciences (CEES) N leader. As the proceedings resumed, the bench inquired from National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor that if the reference had al - here on Thursday. Air Marshal (r) Sajid Habib, CEES Prin - By Our Staff Reporter ready been filed then why a supplementary reference was filed in the case. cipal Prof Dr Sajid Rashid, faculty members and a large num - The prosecutor replied that the supplementary reference could be filed if a new evidence emerged during investigations. ber of students participated in the event. Addressing the Two people were LAHORE: At this, the bench asked the prosecutor to name the law under which the supplementary reference could be filed, adding that why the inves - participants, Minister Dr Akhtar Malik said that Kashmir was gunned down by unidentified motorcy - tigation officer could not finalise the investigations in 90 days period. Advocate Amjad Pervaiz, on behalf of Hamza Shehbaz, argued that his a part of Pakistan and the government was making serious ef - clists over an enmity in Harbanspura client was arrested with mala fide intention in the case. He said that the bureau had failed to prove any thing against his client so far. He pleaded forts to resolve Kashmir issue as per the desire of Kashmiri here on Thursday. with the court to grant benefit of bail to his client. To which, the NAB prosecutor submitted that there were seven directors of Ramzan Sugar people. He said that Kashmir issue had been highlighted and The police said the accused opened Mills and Hamza Shehbaz was one of them. At this stage, the bench expressed annoyance over the NAB prosecutor and asked whether the drain we expressed solidarity with our Kashmiri brothers and sis - firing on Muhammad Razaq and Babar was built to facilitate Ramzan Sugar Mills only. Did you brought evidence of misuse of power, it added.