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More foreign buyers eye Chinese drones -

BEIJING, June 20 (APP): At least five countries are negotiating with China on buying its domestically developed Wing Loong drone. “Wing Loong is quite competitive in the international market and we have delivered it to up to three clients,” China Daily quoted Ma Zhiping, general manager of China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corp, at the 50th International Paris Air Show.Ma’s company is the biggest exporter of aviation defense products in China and has a strong presence in the military aircraft market. It belongs to Aviation Industry Corp of China, the country’s leading aircraft manufacturer.

After successful launch of Pak Satellite, China seeks to boost share of satellite market -

BEIJING, June 20 (APP): After successful launch of Pakistan’s communication satellite, China is actively exploring commercial opportunities to boost its share of the global satellite-launching market. Since 2005, China has launched satellites for Nigeria, Venezuela, and Pakistan, and in April added Turkey, Argentina and Ecuador to its international roll call of clients, after sending three more satellites into orbit. China Great Wall Industry Corp, a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, is using this year’s Paris Air Show to showcase its next generation of heavy-lifting rocket, the Long March 5, which is expected to be first launched in 2015, reports China Daily.

Pakistan calls for steps to ensure natural resources fuel development, not conflict -

UNITED NATIONS, June 20 (APP): Pakistan has stressed the need to prevent diversion of the world’s abundant natural resources to fuel conflict by ensuring that land and mineral wealth are managed wisely, transparently and yield benefits for the people.At the same time, Ambassador Masood Khan acknowledged that extractive resources were not the only cause of conflict. “Poverty, ethnic and religious strife, and bad governance often exacerbate the tensions created by mismanagement of natural resources,” he told the UN security Council on Wednesday. “High dependency on extractive industries combined with unsettled disputes
lead to competition and conflict over resources,” the Pakistani envoy said in his remarks to the day-long thematic debate in the 15-nation Council on conflict prevention and the extractive industries.

Kerry eager to visit Pakistan; wants to spend sufficient time to discuss wide-ranging cooperation:US -

WASHINGTON, June 19 (APP): The United States on Wednesday said Secretary of State John Kerry is eager to visit Pakistan soon, but he is not going to Islamabad during his trip to Asia starting this week because he wants to spend sufficient time to discuss the wide-ranging cooperation between the two countries.“Secretary Kerry plans to visit Pakistan as soon as his schedule permits. He will meet the new civilian government, which just took office there,” State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said.Responding to a suggestion, the spokesperson said Secretary Kerry’s not going to Pakistan on the trip to Asia, which includes a stop in New Delhi, is “absolutely not” a snub to the country.“The Secretary is ready to go, he wants to go. We are working on scheduling the time to go.”

War drives number of forcibly displaced worldwide to 18-year high: UN report -

UNITED NATIONS, June 19 (APP): A United Nations report released Tuesday says that more people are refugees or internally displaced than at any time since 1994, with the crisis in Syria having emerged as a major new factor in global displacement.The annual Global Trends report, released by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), shows that as of the end of 2012, more than 45.2 million people were in situations of displacement compared to 42.5 million at the end of 2011.This includes 15.4 million refugees, 937,000 asylum-seekers, and 28.8 million people forced to flee within the borders of their own countries. The report does not include the rise in those forced from their homes in Syria during the current year, UNHCR pointed out in a news release on the report, launched ahead of World Refugee Day, commemorated annually on 20 June.

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PCB Interim Committee pre-scrutiny briefing from Thursday

KARACHI, June 19 (APP): Two-day Interim Committee appointed for holding elections of Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) zones’ pre-scrutiny briefing will be held at National Stadium on Thursday and Friday. According to an announcement of Interim Committee on Wednesday, briefing for Zone-I and II will be held on Thursday at 4.30 p.m., on Friday for Zone II-IV at 9.30 a.m. and for Zone-V and VII at 4.30 p.m. Gulfraz Khan has been appointed as the chairman of the interim committee while Badar Jafri is its member.

Taekwondo team off to Jakarta to feature in Asian Junior Championship

ISLAMABAD, June 19 (APP): A three-member Pakistan Taekwondo outfit on Wednesday departed for Jakarta to chip in the 7th Asian Junior Taekwondo Championship to take place there from June 21-23.
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Rs 22 mln more allocated to POA Interim Committee for national games

ISLAMABAD, June 19 (APP): Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has released the remaining amount of Rs 22 million to the Interim Committee of Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) to hold the 32nd national games, scheduled to take place here from June 28 to July 4.
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Match officials for Champions Trophy semis announced

KARACHI, June 18 (APP): The International Cricket Council (ICC) Tuesday announced the match officials for the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy. England will take on South Africa in the first semi-final on Wednesday at The Oval.The on-field umpires appointed will be Kumar Dharmasena and Rod Tucker, with Bruce Oxenford and Steve Davis third and fourth umpires, respectively.
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Pakistan hockey training camp commences

KARACHI, June 18 (APP): Training camp of Pakistan probables in preparations for Hockey World League began here at Hockey Club of Pakistan (HCP) Stadium on Tuesday.Former Pakistan captain and Olympic half back Waseem Ahmed did not report for training as he was getting treatement after an accident, Manager/Chief coach Akhtar Rasool told APP during team’s afternoon training session.
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Unscheduled loadshedding to be ended soon: Kaira

LALAMUSA, May 27 (APP) - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Sunday said that unscheduled loadshedding would soon be ended in the country.Addressing a public gathering in Dullanwala village, he said that loadshedding was result of the policies of past regimes of Mian Nawaz Sharif and the dictatorship.Criticizing the Sharif brothers, Kaira said that PML-N leaders had fled the country and went to Jeddah palace under an agreement with a dictator.“We have always respected the judiciary, he said and added that Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed faced cases in various courts for 12 years. He said that people like PPP as they think that Pakistan People’s Party was the only political party that never made any compromise on principles. When PPP came into power the country was facing multifarious crises and the commodities were imported, he said and added that now the country was self-sufficient in this regard.

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