JICA delegation discusses education reforms with education minister Shafqat Mehmood
- 20-Mar-2019
The minister said the government was working relentlessly as per the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan to bring reforms in the country's education system.
Japan to provide $3.2m to Regional Polio Laboratory
- 02-Mar-2018
ISLAMABAD: The government of Japan on Friday announced to provide a grant of $3.2 million for the procurement of equipment for the Regional Reference Laboratory for polio eradication located at the National Institute of Health in Islamabad. In an event hosted by the Ministry of National Health Services, the exchange of notes for the grant […]
Pakistan inks MoU with JICA on energy conservation
- 31-Aug-2017
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Energy and Power Division Wednesday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on energy conservation. Speaking on the occasion, Minister of State for Power Abid Sher Ali said the government had established National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, which had introduced energy labelling regime aiming at production […]
Japan to provide $24M for Burhan-Islamabad transmission line
- 04-May-2017
ISLAMABAD: The government of Japan will grant a loan amounting to 2.665 billion Yen (equivalent to US$ 24 million) for implementation of the Islamabad-Burhan transmission line reinforcement project. In this regard an agreement was signed on Thursday between the Ambassador of Japan Mr. Takashi Kurai and Additional Secretary, Economic Affairs Division (EAD) Ms. Anjum Assad Amin. Minister […]
Japan, Unicef to support polio eradication in Pakistan
- 30-Nov-2016
ISLAMABAD: The Japanese government, Japan International Cooperation Agency and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have signed an agreement to support polio eradication in Pakistan. The agreement will grant Japanese Yen 404 million (US$ 4 million) for “the Project for the Control and Eradication of Poliomyelitis” which will provide 3.9 million doses of the Inactivated Polio […]
PM vows to clean Pakistan of Polio within six months
- 05-Nov-2014
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has vowed to clean Pakistan from the Polio virus within six months, ARY News reported on Wednesday.