In a meeting of the Monetary and Fiscal Policies Coordination Board, the finance minister and the governor State Bank of Pakistan apprised the members of Pakistan's current economic situation, and the government's initiatives to incentivize economic growth.
Pakistan’s premier conglomerate, Engro, just announced a total investment of PKR 21.5 billion to its Telecom Infrastructure Vertical, which will be a critical enabler for the MNOs to expand their networks while ensuring the quality of services.
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved the import of 200,000 tonnes of sugar and 400,000 tonnes of wheat to build the strategic reserves in order to stabilize the price of these commodities in the market. A subcommittee was constituted to work out modalities for placing tenders in the international market in a timely manner.
Pakistan-Russia relations uplifted 2014 onwards when both countries had signed a defence pact. The deal laid down an exchange of intelligence and promotion of cooperation on international security.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rasheed claims that India's shameful defeat is evident by its outcry in Afghanistan as with its consulates closed, it cannot use Afghan soil against Pakistan. He delineates that the world would now know about India's nefarious designs in the region and realize that Pakistan desire peace and stability in Afghanistan.
Amrullah Saleh implies that Afghanistan was under pressure from the US and Pakistan to release the Taliban, which led to its eventual downfall, the very US that put his government in power in the first place.