CORPORATE CORNER TRADE, ECONOMIC TIES WITH ETHIOPIA NEEDED TO BE STRENGTHENED: PRESIDENT

PepsiCo Pakistan and WWF-Pakistan Par tner to Inaugurate Coastal C lean-up Projec t in K arach

K a r a c h i: PepsiCo Pakistan has launched a Coastal Clean-up Project in collaboration with WWFPakistan at the Karachi Fish Harbour This project is a part of PepsiCo s global PepsiCo Positive (pep+) sustainability agenda that encompasses various environmental and sustainability initiatives to do good for people and the planet It is based on a scoping study conducted by WWF-Pakistan for waste quantification and characterization of coastal sites in Karachi to identify the interventions which will be

OGRA asks chief secretaries and commissioner Islamabad to join hands with OGRA to ensure safe use of LPG i s l a m a b a d: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has shared the details of LPG Cylinder Blast at Jhelum wherein the complete building structure has collapsed resulting in death of 07 innocent lives with few injuries The information revealed that the catastrophic incident occurred due to lack of awareness and negligence on the part of illegal LPG decanting shop being operated within the building The LPG cylinders were installed inside the basement /confined space without having proper ventilation and oversight of gas leakage become the main cause of this fatal incident Moreover an LPG fire incident in the HiAce van at Bhalwal, District Sargodha has occurred causing the loss of 7 precious lives with many injuries The preliminary information revealed that the van was being operated on LPG gas with alteration on CNG cylinders/kits Despite the fact that the LPG in PSVs is completely banned as per the LPG Rules 2001 PR

Transfer, purchase, sale of KMC proper ty subjec t to payment of arrears: Mur taza

Wahab

K arrears of municipal utility services charges, the vacated shops of the State Department, KMC will be given through public auction and should not be directly transferred to another person The permission issued for sign boards in the city should be cancelled if they did not pay the arrears

Department of Land Katchi Abadies Estates

Orangi Town Pilot Project ensure implementation of the orders regarding the payment of MUCT bills, he issued these instructions while presiding over the meeting of heads of departments in his office on Monday, on this occasion Mayor Karachi

Spokesperson for Political Affairs Karamullah

Waqasi Municipal Commissioner Noman Arshad and heads of various departments and other officers were also present Mayor Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab directed that the Department of Fire Brigade, Municipal Utility Services should not issue NOC to the concerned until the arrears of municipal utility services charges are paid PR

K arachi-based fintech company Swich wins a 20 million grant for digital payments revolution

PR E S I D E N T Dr Arif Alvi has said that bilateral trade and economic relations between Pakistan and Ethiopia needed to be strengthened through facilitating and enhancing interactions between business communities of the two countries Speaking during a meeting with Pakistan’s Ambassador designate to Ethiopia Mian Atif Sharif who called on him in Islamabad on Monday he called for increasing trade volume with Ethiopia by reaching out to Ethiopian businessper- sons for the import of Pakistani products

The President said Pakistan-Ethiopia bilateral ties are marked by common history, interests, and support for each other on various international fora He said that the bilateral relations between the two countries needed to be further cemented by taking the mutual trade volume to its fullest potential President Alvi also called for enhancing cooperation in the field of education and people-to-people contacts, adding that students in Ethiopia could benefit from online/video educational materials/courses of the Virtual University of Pakistan and Allama Iqbal Open University to enhance their skill sets

He stated that Pakistan s offer of training young Ethiopian Diplomats at the Foreign Service Academy and scholarships for banking courses would further help improve bilateral ties with Ethiopia Dr Arif Alvi asked the Ambassador to create awareness in Ethiopia about the rising tide of Islamophobia in the world and the need for collective efforts to promote inter-faith harmony and mutual respect He also urged the newly-appointed envoy to highlight the human rights violations and atrocities being committed by India in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) as well as the maltreatment of minorities in India