LAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi chaired a comprehensive meeting at the Chief Minister s Office on Friday to assess the status of ongoing development projects in the province. The projects.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah meets Saudi Ambassador Nawaf bin Saeed Ahmed Al-Malki at the Chief Minister House on Friday. CM House photo
The Sindh government on Friday issued a clarification, withdrawing its earlier statement about the Saudi envoy s assurance regarding the addition of Chinese-manufactured vaccines to its list of approved shots for visitors to the Kingdom.
Earlier in the day, a statement issued by the Chief Minister House after a meeting of Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah with a delegation led by Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Ahmed Al-Malki had stated that the former had requested the Saudi government to include Chinese vaccines to its list of approved shots “to enable the maximum number of Pakistanis to perform Haj this year”.
Government aims to diversify energy market
Energy minister discusses cooperation with UAE and Saudi Arabia
ISLAMABAD:
The government is fully committed to diversifying the outlook of energy market while making it more competitive and efficient, declared Federal Minister for Energy Omar Ayub Khan.
In a meeting with Ambassador of United Arab Emirates to Pakistan Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salem Al-Zaabi on Wednesday, the minister highlighted the policies adopted by the government of Pakistan to revamp the energy sector, including those being followed in the oil and gas field.
Khan praised the UAE for its cooperation in Pakistan’s energy sector, saying Islamabad greatly valued its economic relations with the Middle Eastern nation.
Islamabad: Pakistan’s energy minister discussed the prospect of new energy projects and joint ventures in the oil and gas sector with the envoys of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in Islamabad.
Pakistan is currently focusing on energy projects under its new renewable energy policy to harness the local energy resources as well as the revival of exploration and production activities in the oil and gas sector to attract foreign investment and boost economic growth.
In a meeting with the UAE Ambassador Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salem Al-Zaabi, Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Energy Minister Omar Ayub Khan reviewed progress on the current petroleum projects and discussed ways to further the Pak-UAE cooperation in the energy sector. “The collaboration in the energy sector would provide a fresh impetus to economic ties between the two brotherly countries” the UAE envoy said. The minister lauded the UAE’s cooperation in Pakistan’s energy sector and said that Islamabad great