Lahore: Federal Minister for Planning,Development & Reforms Ahsan Iqbal has said Pakistan will be a trade hub of central Asia through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in next coming years. He was addressing an inaugural ceremony of third Pakistan Urban Forum with theme of “Reimagining Pakistan’s Cities for the 21st Century” arranged by Urban ... Read More »
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Lahore: Federal Minister for Planning and National Reforms Prof. Ahsan Iqbal Thursday said that Pakistan wanted an atmosphere of peace and stability in the region for the sake of economic prosperity and development. He was talking to the media here after attending the 11th convocation of the University of Management and Technology (UMT) in ... Read More »
Ahsan Iqbal commends RCCI role for engaging youth for entrepreneurship
Lahore: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Professor Ahsan Iqbal has underlined the need for political stability in the country for sustainable development and bringing the country into line of developed nation. Addressing the closing ceremony of Global Entrepreneurship Week at the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) ... Read More »
CPEC to uplift socially backward areas of Pakistan: Ahsan
Lahore: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal Thursday said that scope of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been enlarged by including social sector development along with energy, infrastructure and transport. It will help to uplift socially the backward areas of the country particularly Gwadar, the gateway of ... Read More »
Pak-US Knowledge Corridor will prove game changers for Pakistan:Ahsan Iqbal
Lahore: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal has said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Pak-US Knowledge Corridor will prove game changers for Pakistan. He was addressing the first-ever launching ceremony of Young Development Corps (YDC) at Punjab University’s Al Raazi Hall here on Friday. PU Vice Chancellor ... Read More »
New Technology is an integral part of progressing Pakistan: Ahsan Iqbal
Lahore: The Information Technology University (ITU) Lahore has launched Pakistan Edition of “MIT Technology Review” during a fabulous ceremony held at Arfa Software Technology Park on Saturday. Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Prof. Ahsan Iqbal was the chief guest while Vice Chancellor of ITU and Chairman Punjab IT ... Read More »
Energy crisis will be overcome with the help of China : Shahbaz Sharif
Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that load-shedding is not the destiny of the people of Pakistan and the problem of shortage of electricity will be overcome with the grace of Allah Almighty and cooperation of friends like China. He said that production of 5000 megawatt electricity ... Read More »
President Mamnoon Hussain terms China and Pakistan as “Iron Brothers”
Islamabad : President Mamnoon Hussain has lauded Pakistan-China friendship and said that “we are iron brothers” which have an all-weather friendship. He was speaking as Chief Guest at the launching ceremony of the book, “The Governance of China” by Chinese President, Xi Jinping, here at Pak-China Friendship Center. The ceremony, ... Read More »
Health care system needed to improved at DHQ Hospitals level:Ahsan Iqbal
Lahore: Federal Minister for Planning & Development Ahsan Iqbal has said that specialist doctors of various diseases at District Headquarters hospitals is necessary for improvement of the healthcare system and instead of traditional pay scales, special pay packages will have to be introduced for the recruitment of specialist doctors so ... Read More »
Sit-ins caused serious damage to the growing economy: Ahsan Iqbal
Lahore: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal has said that politics of sit-ins caused a loss of billion of rupees to the national economy. Talking to media at Institute of Engineers Pakistan (IEP) here on Sunday, the minister said that PTI Chief Imran Khan was actually frightened of loosing his votes ... Read More »