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  • A Chinese company will invest $50 million to enhance Pakistan’s agricultural sector

    A Chinese company will invest $50 million to enhance Pakistan’s agricultural sector

    Optima Integration Group of China and Asia Pak Investments of Pakistan agreed on May 23 to invest $50 million in the first stage to enhance agriculture, power, and logistics sector in Gwadar and Karachi.

    The Board of Investment (BoI) facilitated the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this respect between the two businesses, which may result in the creation of more than 100 job vacancies in Gwadar and Karachi, as well as the establishment of a high-tech processing facility and technology transition.

    The event was attended by Federal Minister Board of Investment Chaudhry Salik Hussain, who signed the MoU with Optima Integration Group Chairman Sam Siu and Chief Executive Officer of Sino Pak Optima Technologies (SPOT) in the spirit of strengthening business-to-business (B2B) agricultural collaboration among the two nations. Ms Fareena Mazhar, Secretary of the BoI, was also present at the occasion.

    Under the terms of the agreement, the two parties would establish an end-to-end supplier base for seafood [79 breeds of fish have been certified for exporting from Pakistan to China by the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC)].

    In the long term, the initiative would grow from fish to beef and goat, beginning with cold chain transporting beef and then expanding with Chinese standard breeding, feedlot operations, immunizations, track and trace technologies, and slaughter and pack facilities in Karachi.

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    Addressing the gathering, Minister Chaudhry Salik Hussain praised the Chinese government’s involvement in Pakistan’s agriculture and livestock sectors, notably the fish and seafood business.

    He briefed the attendees regarding the formation of the Pakistan-China Business and Investment Forum (PCBIF), which was the outcome of a collaboration between the BoI, the Chinese Embassy, and the All-Pakistan Chinese Enterprises’ Association (APCEA). He informed Chinese investors that the BoI would take deliberate steps to assist interested investors.

  • Mother of two raped in Rawalpindi at job interview

    Mother of two raped in Rawalpindi at job interview

    A woman who went to Rawalpindi from Lahore was raped by an unidentified man who promised to give her a job after an interview, Dawn reported.

    As per details, the victim, a mother of two, reported to Race Course police that she along with her family were in a department store when a man came to them and distributed property advertisement pamphlets.

    She said she took a pamphlet and informed her husband about the advertisement, who later contacted a man for further details. The man told her husband to come to Rawalpindi where he could arrange a job for her in his project.

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    Later, the woman with her husband and children went to Rawalpindi and reached Saddar where the man was waiting for them in a black car. Upon reaching Saddar, the husband was asked to stay there with his children as the man would take his wife for an interview and come back soon.

    She said she was taken to a hotel situated and asked to wait at the reception until her turn for an interview. She said although she resisted going into a hotel room, she was taken to a room where she was asked to wait, adding the suspect locked the door from inside, raped her and escaped.

    She said that as he was fleeing, she shouted and tried to catch him but he was able to run away.

    Police said medical examination of the victim was carried out and the suspect was arrested by Race Course police. He will be presented before a court of law for remand custody.

  • Get vaccinated, save your job: CNN fires unvaccinated employees

    American news channel CNN fired three employees for entering its New York headquarters without getting a Corona vaccination.

    CNN Cheif Jeff Zucker sent a memo to its employees saying that vaccination was necessary and no negligence would be tolerated.

    “All three have been terminated. Let me be clear — we have a zero-tolerance policy on this,” added the memo. “You need to be vaccinated to come to the office. And you need to be vaccinated to work in the field, with other employees, regardless of whether you enter an office or not. Period.”

    The United States (US) is one of the world’s most affected countries by the Covid-19 pandemic, with more than 30 million people infected and more than 600,000 dead.

    Vaccination is mandatory to control the virus worldwide. 

    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    VIDEO: Woman dances after getting  job, goes viral
    
			
    VIDEO: Woman dances after getting  job, goes viral
    
			
    A woman’s reaction after getting a job during the COVID-19 pandemic has gone viral on social media. 
    

    The woman’s reaction was caught on the CCTV camera of the employer who shared it on his Instagram handle with the caption “So I just hired this young girl and this was her response.” 
    

    The video shows the woman walking outside the office building after getting the job. She walks into the car park, stops for a moment and then starts dancing.
    

    

    
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    People on social media enjoyed the amazing reaction from the young girl and appreciated the employer for giving her the opportunity.