The National Assembly Standing Committee started with a note of displeasure over constant absence of special assistant to prime minister on overseas Pakistanis and human resource development. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has dual nationality arrangements with 12 European countries including France, Italy, Belgium, Iceland, Finland, Switzerland, Netherland, Sweden, Ireland, Denmark, Germany and Norway.
This was stated by an official of the Interior Ministry on Friday while briefing the National Assembly Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development.
He told the committee that dual nationality arrangements with Portugal, Czech Republic and Luxemburg were under process.
The National Assembly Standing Committee started with a note of displeasure over constant absence of special assistant to prime minister on overseas Pakistanis and human resource development.
The federal cabinet would be starting on Tuesday the process for appointment of regular/fulltime chief executive officers (CEOs) of power distribution companies (Discos) and approve selection of managing directors of two gas utilities. PPI/File
ISLAMABAD: After more than two years in office, the federal cabinet would be starting on Tuesday the process for appointment of regular/fulltime chief executive officers (CEOs) of power distribution companies (Discos) and approve selection of managing directors of two gas utilities.
This comes on the heels of over Rs2.3 trillion circular debt in the power sector as of Sept 30, 2020, and about Rs350bn circular debt in the gas utilities Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) up from Rs1.2tr and about Rs120bn in 2018, respectively.