PM hails CJP’s remarks on ending era of false testimony

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has welcomed Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa’s statement on punishing those who give false testimony.

“Journey towards truth” is a journey towards Naya Pakistan. Nations become great because they have a higher value system, he said in a tweet message. Imran reminded that Muslim civilisation's foundation was State of Medina with truthfulness as the core value.

In a meeting, Prime Minister Imran Khan approved reservation of 20% quota for overseas Pakistanis for the posts of trade officers in Pakistan’s missions abroad. The decision was taken during a meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office regarding reforms in posting of Trade Officers Abroad.

The prime minister had directed the Ministry of Commerce to revamp the entire system of postings of trade officers who are posted abroad to promote trade and commercial interests of the country. The new policy approved by the prime minister focuses on transparent and merit-based selection of the trade officers, market diversification, involvement of Pakistani diaspora, rationalising the expenditure, broad-based monitoring and performance evaluation and automation of the processes.

To effectively promote commercial interests of the country especially in the emerging markets and various regions across the globe, trade clusters have been focused in the new policy to ensure optimum utilisation and maximum outreach of the trade officers. The premier was informed that in order to ensure broad-based and real-time monitoring of the performance of the trade officers, the entire evaluation process has been made IT-based.

Secretary Commerce Mohammad Younus Dagha also briefed the prime minister about National Trade Data Analytics System which is being developed by the Ministry. The National Trade Data Analytics System with its comprehensive database of trade statistics, exporters/importers directory, and product database and trade lead insight will help in better evaluation and promotion of trade interests of the country.

Yet in another meeting Prime Minister Imran Khan reviewed progress on energy related projects. Finance Minister Asad Umar, Petroleum Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Adviser to PM Abdul Razzak Dawood, Adviser to PM Dr Ishrat Hussain, Secretary Petroleum Mian Asad Hayauddin and senior officers attended the meeting.