Pakistan, Japan pledge to boost trade relations, collaboration in joint meeting
ISLAMABAD, (NNI): In a significant meeting, Ambassador WADA Mitsuhiro and Federal Minister for Commerce, Jam Kamal Khan, convened to discuss ways to strengthen trade relations and mutual trust between Japan and Pakistan.
During the meeting, Ambassador WADA Mitsuhiro congratulated Minister Jam Kamal Khan on his recent portfolio, expressing a commitment to enhancing bilateral ties.
Notably, the ambassador extended an invitation to Pakistani businesses to participate in World Expo 2025 which is scheduled to be held in Osaka Japan in 2025 to promote economic cooperation, a press release said here Monday.
Despite the optimism, challenges faced by the Japanese business community in imports were brought to light by Ambassador WADA Mitsuhiro.
Minister Jam Kamal Khan responded by assuring government support to facilitate ease of doing business for local and international entrepreneurs.
Emphasizing sustainable economic development, Minister Jam Kamal Khan highlighted key sectors such as automobile, steel, machinery, textiles, minerals, and IT HR for potential collaboration with Japan.
Moreover, Minister Jam Kamal Khan disclosed the Ministry of Commerce's comprehensive five-year plan aimed at streamlining
ISLAMABAD, (NNI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday vehemently rejected the constitution of a seven-member larger bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to hear the suo moto case on six Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges’ letter.
The PTI also demanded a full court bench to conduct a hearing on the case while urging for the proceedings to be live telecast.
Speaking at a press conference along with former chief minister GilgitBaltistan Khalid Khurshid, PTI Central Information Secretary Raoof Hasan termed the suspension of PTI Chairman-for-life sentence in Toshakhana case a ray of hope; however, he added that the sentence should have been quashed altogether since it was one of the around 200 frivolous, bogus and politically motivated cases based on political vendetta.
Raoof Hasan said that the full court should hear the letter saga and should such decision that no institution could ever dare to interfere in judiciary again.
He announced that the PTI would not accept the seven-member bench because the CJP Isa constituted the bench of like-minded judges to get decision of their choice, which, he said, PTI would not accept come what may.
He demanded that the matter should be investigated through full court and the court proceeding should be live telecasted, adding that judicial conference should also be convened, where all judges should be allowed to tell their stories.
Raoof went on to say that it would be travesty of law to task a person to form a commission to probe the matter in which he was a nominated accused, as the premier showed his intent during his meeting with former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Tassaduq Hussain Jillani as the former wanted a decision of his choice.
He noted that Jillani was a credible person, and he took a right decision to recuse himself from heading a one-man inquiry commission to probe the interference by intelligence agencies in judicial affairs.
Raoof said that Jillani stated in the letter "Since the letter is addressed to the members of SJC and its chairman the chief justice of Pakistan, it would be violative of judicial propriety for me to inquire into a matter which may fall within the jurisdiction of a constitutional body which is the SJC or the Supreme Court of Pakistan itself," he said.
PTI CIS stated that Jillani endorsed PTI's stance because they were also advocating that it was a serious matter and were demanding an investigation through full court. business processes and attracting both local and foreign investors.
Both dignitaries reaffirmed their commitment to fostering a balanced trade environment and strengthening the longstanding bilateral relations between Pakistan and
Japan.
They also agreed to work towards enhancing the trade volume, which stood at $1.26 billion USD in 2022-23, according to sources from FBR and TDAS.