Islamabad: UAE President H H Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan met here yesterday with Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, at the end of his private visit to Pakistan.
During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral relations and ways of enhancing them in all domains, to serve the interests of both countries.
They also exchanged views on a number of regional and international issues of common concern.
Following the meeting, Sheikh Khalifa left Rahim Yar Khan, after a private visit to Pakistan.
Khyber to open anti-graft office
PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s northwestern region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has become the first province in the country to have formally enacted a law to set up top level body to combat corruption in public sphere.
The provincial assembly has passed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab (accountability) Commission Bill, 2013, which provides for the establishment of a five-member Ehtesab Commission and appointment of a director general for preventing corruption and corrupt practices and to hold accountable all public officeholders for these practices.
Islamabad eyes hydropower
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government is planning to involve the World Bank (WB) in unlocking the untapped hydropower potential of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region in the mountainous north “somewhere close to 42,000 megawatts (MW),” according to one report in order to overcome the energy crisis.
A high-level meeting to discuss the matter was held in Islamabad this week, attended by representatives of WB, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Ministry of Water and Power and the GB Administration.
A top government official, who was part of the meeting, revealed that as many as 220 potential sites for hydropower production in GB had been identified. He said that WB and IFC representatives agreed to visit these sites in March.
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