Ministries

Lahore: Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom has set out the following obligatory requirements and guidelines for importing perishable items into the UK. Pakistani exporters of all perishable items into the UK must observe this. a) Documents Required: Invoice and Packaging List Certificate of Origin Phytosanitary Certificate Health Certificate Official Certificate/ Establishment Number of Approved Premises in Country of Origin (This is document certifying a country approved for exporting fruits and vegetables into the EU.) [...]

Islamabad: Dr. Asim Hussain, Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (P and NR) held a meeting with Federal Minster for Water and Power, Syed Naveed Qamar to devise and settle the modalities of payment from WAPDA to Pakistan State Oil. Muhammad Ijaz Chaudhry, Secretary Ministry of P and NR was also present in the meeting. Dr. Asim stressed on the need to develop a smooth mechanism of payment to the state-owned oil company from the power producers so that [...]

Islamabad: The fifth Meeting of the ASEAN-Pakistan Joint Sectoral Dialogue Cooperation Committee (ASJSCC) will be held in Jakarta on 31 May 2011. Additional Foreign Secretary (Asia Pacific) Syed Hasan Javed will lead the Pakistan delegation. The Deputy Secretary General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs, Mr. Bagas Hapsoro will lead the ASEAN delegation, which will include members from 10 ASEAN countries. Pakistan was accorded the Sectoral Dialogue Partner of ASEAN status in July 1993. Cooperation between ASEAN and Pakistan [...]

Islamabad: Pakistan today reiterated its eight point action programme for revitalizing the Non Aligned Movement to effectively address the new and emerging global challenges in the areas of peace, security and development in the 21st Century. This vision of a new and reinvigorated NAM was originally outlined by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at the XV NAM Summit in Sharm el Sheikh Egypt in 2009 and was reaffirmed by Federal Minister of Textile Industry Makhdoom Shahabuddin, Head of Pakistan delegation, [...]

Islamabad: 1. The Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) met under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on 25 May 2011. 2. The meeting was attended by Federal Ministers, Chairman JCSC, Services Chiefs and Director General (ISI). 3. The DCC reviewed the security situation arising from terrorist attacks and issues relating to regional security and stability. 4. The Chief of Naval Staff and Secretaries Defence, Interior and Foreign Affairs briefed the DCC on the terrorist attack on [...]

Islamabad: Minister of State, Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar, received Ambassador of Japan H.E. Hiroshi Oe, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, today. The Minister of State congratulated the Ambassador on the assumption of his new assignment in Pakistan. Views were exchanged on ways and means to further strengthen and deepen the friendly and cooperative relations between Pakistan and Japan, especially in the light of the Joint Statement issued during President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit to Japan. Matters related to enhanced [...]

Islamabad: Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir called on President Hamid Karzai yesterday evening and conveyed the greetings and sincere wishes of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani. President Karzai recalled the last visit of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, which he had termed as a turning point in the bilateral relationship. He stressed there was consensus among Afghans that close collaboration between Pakistan and Afghanistan were essential for regional peace and development. He added that both countries [...]