[Pak-Media] News Urdu/English/Pictures---Japan says no cut in Pakistan aid despite disaster

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Japan says no cut in Pakistan aid or trade despite disaster

Disaster cannot stop us from supporting friendly Pakistan

Japan will increase ties, cooperation and investment

FPCCI delegation signs condolence book in embassy

 

Dated: March 19

 

Islamabad: Japan on Saturday said it will continue to play role in development of Pakistan and there will be no cut in aid despite deadly earthquake and tsunami.

 

Pakistan will not face any reduction in developmental assistance and projects funded by Japan will not be dropped or rescheduled, said Kaoru Magosaki, Head of Economic and Development Section, Embassy of Japan.

 

The diplomat said that they will increase ties and cooperation with Pakistan. Many companies will like to invest here of security situation is little improved, he underlined.

 

Kaoru Magosaki said this while talking to a delegation led by Chairman FPCCI, Capital Office, Hameed Akhtar Chadda, Chairman Media Malik Sohail, and  SVP Pharmaceuticals Tariq Mehmood who visited embassy to express sympathetic grief over disaster and loses in Japan.

 

He said that disasters will not stop us from supporting a friendly country like Pakistan.

 

Earlier, Chadda and Sohail said that Japan ii world's third-largest economy and the fifth largest donor of development aid. It has played significant role in Pakistan's economic development.

 

The situation in Japan has triggered fears in domestic market as it is a great trading partner and supplier of quality goods. Many critical sectors rely on Japan, they added.

 

Malik Sohail also expressed fear of an expected drop in demand, exports and remittances and its impact on local environment.

 

"Japan should take steps to balance trade and accelerate transfer of technology to Pakistan and ease visa related issues," he demanded.

 

He called upon business government and business community to reach out to help the people of Japan as they have always helped us in need.

 

The FPCCI delegation also offered condolences. "We share in the sorrow and grief of the people of Japan and will try our level best to help them. Japanese have the will and ability to overcome loses and emerge stronger," they wrote in the condolence book at the embassy on the behalf of VP CACCI Tariq Sayeed, VP Saarc CCI Iftikhar Ali Malik and President FPCCI Senator Ghulam Ali.

 

The delegation lauded Japanese support in construction of Kohat Tunnel, training institutes, flood warning system and rehabilitation of Taunsa Barrage, improvement of health, education, environment, irrigation, agricultural and industrial development, disaster risk management, energy, transportation and sanitation.

 

Pakistan's main exports include textile yarn, woven fabrics, leather and leather goods, sport goods, fish and fish products etc while it imports road vehicles, boilers, machinery, equipment, iron, steel, telecommunication, organic chemicals, auto parts, vehicles etc.

 

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[Pak-Media] Invitation-2 days National Conference on MDGs

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Invitation

National Conference on

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

21st -22nd March, 2011  (Mon-Tue)

Islamabad Hotel, G- 6 Markaz, Islamabad

 

(Programme attached)

 

In order to monitor Pakistan's progress towards the MDGs , ActionAid with the financial assistance of AusAID organized a series of people's consultations which included 6 district level consultations —in Bhakkar, Muzaffargarh, Multan, Sukkur, Shahdadkot and Sanghar- and two provincial consultations –in Karachi (Sindh) and Lahore (Punjab).

 Toward the completion of this process, ActionAid and AusAID are organizing a National Conference  in Islamabad on 21st and 22nd March  which will be attended by  civil society alliances and grass-root communities from the six districts, students, academia, social activists and national CSOs.

 Following are the basic objectives of this national conference :

·        Creating a space for communities and civil society organizations to critically monitor and influence the government interest regarding MDGs.

·        Sensitizing civil society to play its proactive role in realization of MDGs.

·        Analyzing strengths and weakness of Government initiatives to achieve MDGs.

·        Developing civil society's recommendations for the Government to effectively achieve MDGs

We cordially invite media friends to participate in the event and cover it. In case of any queries, please contact the following :

 

Javeria Malik: 0300-8325911

Zakaria Nutkani: 0300-5193304

 

 

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ActionAid Pakistan

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[Pak-Media] Pakistan food imports show massive increase

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 Dear Friends,
 
Despite an agricultural country, the Pakistan's food import has shown massive increase of over 72 percent during the first eight months (July-February) of the ongoing financial year against the same period last year.
According to the figures released by Federal Bureau of Statistics , the country spent $3.54 billion on food's import during July-February period of 2010-11 against $2.058 billion in July-February 2009-10, registering an increase of 72.34 percent in one-year period.
According to the break-up, the milk's import went up by 76.35 percent, dry fruit's import by, 7.84 percent, tea's import by 25.42 percent, spices, 63.47 percent, soybean oil, 569.05 percent, palm oil, 59.87 percent, sugar 392 percent, pulses, 89.25 percent and all other food items import enhanced by 33 percent during July-February period.
Meanwhile, the machinery group's imports increased by 0.28 percent during the first eight months of the current fiscal year over the same period last year. While, the imports of transport group went down by 4.52 percent, imports of textile group enhanced by 74.81 percent during July-February period of 2010-11 as compare to same period last year.
On the other hand, the country's textile exports went up by over 28.76 percent during the first eight months (July-February) of the current fiscal year against the same period of previous year. The exports of textile group were recorded at $8.637 billion during July-February 2010-11 against $6.708 billion in the same period in 2009-10 registering a handsome growth of 28.76 percent.
The break-up of textile group shows that in July-February, exports of raw cotton increased by 12.97 percent, cotton yarn, 45.30 percent, cotton cloth, 33 percent, yarn, 15.36 per cent; knitwear, 26.63 percent; bed wear, 16.68 percent; towels, 6.40 percent; readymade garments, 33.67 percent; art silk and synthetic textile, 64.17 percent; made up articles, 18.63 percent; and other textile materials, 39.58 percent.
The exports of food group went up by 18.28 percent. Among these exports, rice went down by 0.07 percent in July-February, fish exports went up by 27.76 percent, fruits 1.21 percent, vegetables exports 49.42 per cent, pulses, 470 percent, tobacco, 178 percent, oil seeds nuts and kernels decreased by 34.44 percent, and meat export enhanced by 51.49 percent.
 
 
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[Pak-Media] Pak judiciary in troubled water

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Dear all

The top members of the Bar and Bench have repeatedly confessed in media that true justice and independence has not trickled down from higher judiciary to the lower following lawyers movement. Pressure tactics of various kind are routinely seen in decision making blemishing the image of judiciary at that level. In other words, justice is still limping in the same way as it did before March 13, 2007-the day lawyer's movement took the first step for reformation. The Raymond Davies case brought up two important points to surface;

  1. It confirmed that lower judiciary still works under pressure-political or otherwise. The session judge of the lower court would not have gone on sudden leave after pronouncing the judgement had he been independent in his decision.

  2. The higher judiciary may not be as independent as we are given the impression. Reason?. Why LHC transferred a very high profile and legally complex case of Raymond Davies to the lower court knowing fully well that lower judiciary has not yet reformed to the standards as the high judiciary. Will it be fare to say that the higher judiciary passed the buck of responsibility to the lower judiciary for the reasons the lower judiciary is allegedly accused of?

Dr Ghayur Ayub


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