Category: Pakistan

  • Iran Khodro to design D8 joint car

    Iran Khodro to design D8 joint car

    Iran Khodro Co. (IKCO) has announced that the Group of Eight Developing Countries (D8) has chosen the company to design the platform for their joint car.

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    The D8 industry ministers attended a summit in Istanbul from October 4-6, 2011 and appointed IKCO to design the D8 joint car with the cooperation of Turkey and Indonesia, read a statement released by IKCO on Sunday.

    D8 members include Iran, Turkey, Malaysia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Egypt, Bangladesh and Indonesia.

    D8 members also agreed to promote research and development activities in the fields of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) technology, hybrid technology, plug-in cars, new materials and nano-technology.

    “Improving the quality, level of technology and also the capacity if supply chain was another issue settled by the D8 vehicle working group,” the statement continued.

    IKCO was founded in 1962 and is currently regarded as the biggest automaker in the Middle East.

    The company won an award from Tehran’s Third International Nanotechnology Festival in 2010, as the leading company in nano-related auto industry.

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    via PressTV – Iran Khodro to design D8 joint car.

  • Pakistan, Turkey sign media cooperation agreement

    Pakistan, Turkey sign media cooperation agreement

    Pakistan and Turkey have inked a media cooperation agreement, it was reported here.

    The Anadolu Agency of Turkey and Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Ankara Wednesday.

    Pakistan’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan witnessed the signing ceremony.

    The minister said Pakistan’s relations with Turkey were based on historical linkages and shared cultural heritage, reported APP.

    She called the agreement an important step towards information sharing.

    via Pakistan, Turkey sign media cooperation agreement.

  • Pakistan, Turkey to cooperate in social sector: Raja

    Pakistan, Turkey to cooperate in social sector: Raja

    ANKARA: Federal Minister and Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) on Wednesday urged to enhance cooperation between Pakistan and Turkey in social sector.

    She was speaking with the management of ten top level Turkish NGOs working in different sectors like health, education and social development. Presidents and members of Board of directors of various umbrella organizations representing multiple NGOs were also present.

    According to a press release, Farzana Raja briefed the officials in detail about various initiatives of BISP and urged for an increased cooperation between Pakistan and Turkey in social sector. The NGOs displayed keen interest in the working of BISP especially Vocational and Technical Training initiative and were appreciative of the success of the Programme.

    Meeting was followed by a long question and answer session in which participant showed their keenness in the operational working of BISP. There was a willingness to help flood affected beneficiaries of the BISP and various ways and means in this regard were discussed.

    Many NGOs expressed desire of collaborating with BISP and channelizing their assistance through BISP. Farzana Raja pledged full support of BISP and Government of Pakistan for this venture.

    In a meeting with Faik Yavuz, Vice President of Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey at Ankara, Farzana Raja urged the business community of Turkey to help vulnerable sections of society. She said “We should move from global village of inequalities to the universal family of equalities”.

    She referred to corporate social responsibility and said businessmen and investors should share the burden of providing social services and ensure welfare of people in their area of operations. Benazir Bhutto lived for the people of Pakistan and she sacrificed her life for their cause. She believed in women empowerment and BISP is reflective of present Government’s commitment to her vision. She quoted Turkish President who in a meeting with her also termed BISP as best tribute to Benazir Bhutto Shaheed’s legacy. She said no country could achieve equitable economic development unless and until the poor sections of society are also focused.

    Vice President of Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey while appreciating BISP welcomed the proposal of partnership with Pakistan in the vocational and technical training sector initiative of BISP. He also briefed Federal Minister about “Gul Train” which is a project that could gear up economic activities in our region.

    The project is a result of the efforts of President Zardari and President Abdullah Gul. Farzana Raja took keen interest in GUL train project and suggested various measures for effective and efficient implementation of the project as it will help in improving the socio-economic condition of the region.

    In Istanbul, Chairperson BISP along with the delegation met Omer Cihad Vardan, President of the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (MUSIAD) and the senior management. President of the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association was deeply impressed by BISP’s Poverty Survey and the extent of databank of BISP. He promised to share the information about BISP with the members of his association so that the platform of BISP could be used to help deprived segments of society in Pakistan.

    During the meeting Farzana Raja’s proposal of hiring BISP trained labor force in projects of the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association in Pakistan and abroad was also discussed. Secretary BISP Sher Khan and Pakistan’s Ambassador to Turkey Haroon Shaukat accompanied Chairperson BISP in these meetings.

    via ONLINE – International News Network.

  • Promoting innovation: Turkey to help set up technology parks in Pakistan

    Promoting innovation: Turkey to help set up technology parks in Pakistan

    By PEER MUHAMAMD

    Published: October 4, 2011

    ” Imagination is more important than money,” METU Technology Park Manager Tolga Ozbolat.

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    Turkish experts will assist Higher Education Commission (HEC) in establishing Technology Parks in Pakistani universities, it was learnt on Monday.

    Middle East Technical University (METU) Technology Park Manager Tolga Ozbolat and Deputy Manager Ufuk Batum reiterated their resolve to share technical knowledge with the HEC in a meeting held at the Commission Secretariat.

    Ozbolat said, “We would share with the HEC all that we have learnt from our experience in technology.” However, he said that no financial assistance will be given to Pakistan. “Imagination is more important than money”, he maintained.

    Briefing the media, HEC Executive Director Dr Naqvi said that on Tuesday, the METU’s technical experts will have one-to-one meetings with universities and industry, besides holding a one-day workshop on “Technology Parks: Challenges and Opportunities” for the stakeholders. He said that the main objective of this exercise is to help universities learn about technology parks and their pre-requisites.

    The experts will get an overview and assessment of the prevailing conditions, including status of IT software development, telecommunication industry, industrial development and service industries in Pakistan, including financial institutions.

    Dr Naqvi explained that a technology park is an organisation managed by specialised professionals, with the aim to increase expertise within a community promoting a culture of innovation and competitiveness of its associated business and knowledge-based institutions.

    To achieve these goals, technology parks stimulate and manage the flow of knowledge and technology amongst universities, research and development institutions, companies and markets. They facilitate creation and growth of innovation-based companies through incubation and spin-off processes and provide other value-added services together with high quality space and facilities, he added.

    He revealed that the METU’s technology park generated a revenue of $150 million annually from contract research as it is the first and oldest such Park in Turkey. He highlighted the fact that the world over, universities were working alongside the industry and hence registering spectacular growth. Later in the day, the Turkish experts visited Quaid-e-Azam University and National University of Sciences and Technology.

    Published in The Express Tribune, October 4th, 2011.

    via Promoting innovation: Turkey to help set up technology parks in Pakistan – The Express Tribune.

  • Turkey offers Pakistan joint ventures

    Turkey offers Pakistan joint ventures

    Turkish businessmen are ready to initiate joint ventures with their Pakistani counterparts as they are convinced that ample opportunities lie in a number of sectors including textiles, construction and energy.

    LAHORE: Turkish businessmen are ready to initiate joint ventures with their Pakistani counterparts as they are convinced that ample opportunities lie in a number of sectors including textiles, construction and energy, stated Resul Secilmis, the head of a 32-member Turkish business delegation.

    Speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Monday, Secilmis said that Turkey has a lot to offer to their Pakistani counterparts and they should take benefit of available opportunities.

    He said that both the countries have marvelous untapped business potential that needs to be explored by maximising involvement of private sectors of the two countries.

    LCCI President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh said “since energy is an important issue for Pakistan’s economic growth and Turkey has vast experience of exploiting hydel and other energy sources, both the countries should cooperate in this area on priority basis.”

    Published in The Express Tribune, October 4th, 2011.

    via Turkey offers Pakistan joint ventures – The Express Tribune.

  • Libya and Syria: The Neocon Plan to Attack Seven Countries in Five Years

    Libya and Syria: The Neocon Plan to Attack Seven Countries in Five Years

    Kurt Nimmo

    In the video below, former four star general and NATO commander Wesley Clark talks about the neocon plan to invade seven countries in five years. Included in the plan was an attack on Libya. Clark mentions the plan at two minutes, 26 seconds into the video.

    The video was recorded on October 3, 2007, at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco.

    Clark’s revelation is nothing new, although it reminds us that the attack on Libya fits into a larger context and there are horrific conflicts to come if the globalists have their way.

    Following the election of Obama and a reshuffling of the same old deck in Congress in 2008, it was believed the bad old days of neocon wars were finally behind us. Obama said he would close down the wars and bring home the troops. Instead, he intensified the effort to spread chaos, mayhem and mass murder in the Middle East and South Asia, thus underscoring the fact there is absolutely no difference between Democrats and Republicans when it comes to creative destruction (it is telling that the neocon Michael Leeden has used the term – creative destruction is a Marxist concept).

    Clark has talked about the neocon plan on several occasions. He said the following during a speech at the University of Alabama in October of 2006, recounting a conversation with a general at the Pentagon:

    I said, “Are we still going to invade Iraq?” “Yes, Sir,” he said, “but it’s worse than that.” I said, “How do you mean?” He held up this piece of paper. He said, “I just got this memo today or yesterday from the office of the Secretary of Defense upstairs. It’s a… five-year plan. We’re going to take down seven countries in five years. We’re going to start with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, then Libya, Somalia, Sudan, we’re going to come back and get Iran in five years. I said, “Is that classified, that paper?” He said, “Yes Sir.” I said, “Well, don’t show it to me, because I want to be able to talk about it.”

    The neocons, of course, are merely one of a number of establishment factions, all of them reading from the same script. Obama’s attack on Libya and the impending attack on Syria under the ruse popularly known as the “Arab Spring” (pushed by elite NGOs and the CIA) is interchangeable with the Bush regime’s call to action against the Axis of Evil. The only difference between Democrat Obama and the (supposedly) Republican neocons (who have roots in Trotskyism) is that the neocons are decidedly Israeli-centric in their geopolitical stance.

    The global elite do not care about Israel or any other nation-state, but are not above using the neocons – who are highly organized and motivated (despite propaganda depicting them as inept) – in their quest to destroy Arab and Muslim nationalism that directly threatens their drive for hegemonic rule (in particular, Sharia law with its restrictions on banking poses a threat to the banksters).

    Syria is the next target followed by the big Kahuna, Iran. For the globalists, who are determined to wreck all nation-states and eradicate national sovereignty and borders, the fact this effort will precipitate the destruction of the “world’s policeman,” the United States, is an extra added bonus.

    Multiple wars in multiple and far-stretched “theaters” will ultimately bankrupt the United States, as Ron Paul and a handful of others have warned. Obama has made if perfectly clear that the U.S. will not leave Iraq and Afghanistan and plans to continue attacking Pakistan and failed states in Africa where the CIA cut-out al-Qaeda has appeared on cue.

    Wesley Clark’s warning is prescient, but nearly a decade too late. Clark is, at best,disingenuous because he himself a war criminal for the role he played in the slaughter of civilians in Yugoslavia.

    www.infowars.com, September 2, 2011