PAKISTANNATIONAL DAY

March 23, 2018

On the auspicious occa-sion of Pakistan Day, I wish to convey my heartfelt facilitations to my brothers, sisters

and friends of Pakistan residing in the State of Qatar.

This day is a reminder of innu-merable sacrifices given by our forefathers to attain freedom and to create a separate homeland for their future generations. This date is a reminder of a historic day, 23rd March 1940, when Pakistan reso-lution was passed which led to the creation of Pakistan and our inde-pendence. I urge you to celebrate this day with great zeal and fervor and inspire yourself as well as your countrymen with the national spirit.

Pakistan and Qatar enjoy close brotherly relations; our relations with Qatar are on an upward tra-jectory, three high level visits in recent years and number of other important visits is a testimony of the brotherly relations between Pakistan and Qatar. Frequent exchange of high level visits has further strengthened the close bond between the two countries. In the recent years bilateral relations between the two sides have grown stronger in multifaceted realms of Defence and Economic

cooperation. Both countries share a common world view and are involved in mutual cooperation in various regional and international forums especially at the United Nations.

Trade relations between Paki-stan and Qatar have improved significantly since June 2017. There has been a 64% increase in exports from Pakistan to Qatar. Pakistani exports to Qatar reached $8.74 mil-lion in January this year, the highest monthly exports witnessed for the first time since May 2012. Increase was mainly witnessed in food exports to Qatar. Imports from Qatar to Pakistan also increased

34 percent since June 2017.It gives me immense pleasure

to witness the unprecedented development and success of our brotherly country and on this aus-picious occasion I wish for the continued progress and prosper-ity of the people and the State of Qatar. Qatar is successfully com-pleting infrastructure projects related to FIFA 2022, efficiently achieving goals set in its National vision 2030, and is setting a new example in the region, and we extend our complete cooperation and facilitation in the development of Qatar.

Pakistan has made great

Message from H E Shahzad AhmadAmbassador of Pakistan to the State of Qatar

ACTING MANAGING EDITORMohammed Salim Mohamed

ADVERTISING MANAGERAli Wahba

CHAIRMANSheikh Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani

EDITOR-IN-CHIEFDr. Khalid M Al-Shafi

progress in controlling extremism and terrorism. Our military operation Zarb-e-Azb has borne great results. Our nation has made a choice and we will not allow the cancer of extremism to infect the fabric of our society. Pakistan is committed to have friendly relations with all nations in our region and the world at large. We are focused on improving regional trade, investment and economic connectivity. The projects like China-Paki-stan Economic Corridor, CASA 1000, TAPI Gas Pipe-line will soon bring

prosperity and economic boom in Pakistan.

On this day we should pledge to create a progres-sive society, where education is a priority, where health care is available to everyone, and where jobs are plentiful.

The Pakistani Diaspora has also been playing a key role in the progress and development of Qatar and Pakistan. I encourage them all to continue to act as Ambassadors of Pakistan, uphold the highest standards and set the benchmark for others to emulate.

Finally, I would like to sincerely thank His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar; His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Father Emir; the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Gov-ernment and people of the State of Qatar for the coop-eration and support that my Mission has received from them.

Long live Pakistan-Qatar friendship.

Mamnoon HussainPresident of Pakistan

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Prime Minister of Pakistan

Pakistan and Qatar enjoy close brotherly relations; our relations with Qatar are on an upward trajectory, three high level visits in recent years and number of other important visits is a testimony of the brotherly relations between Pakistan and Qatar.

Pakistan and Qatar e n j o y c o r d i a l bilateral relations which are based on close cultural and

religious affinities and mutual respect for each other.

In the recent years bilateral relations between the two sides have grown stronger in multifaceted realms of Defence and Economic cooperation. Similarly, the political lead-ership of Pakistan has had a very close relationship with the ruling family of the State of Qatar which adds to the strength of this relation. Both countries share a common world view and are involved in mutual cooperation in various regional and interna-tional forums especially at the United Nations.

IMPORTANT VISITS FROM PAKISTAN

Ahsen Iqbal, Minister for Interior with additional charge of Planning and Development, visited Doha for the First Security Conference arranged by the State of Qatar from November 7-8, 2017.

Apart from attending the inaugural session of the con-ference, the Visiting minister also met with the H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Prime Minister and the Interior Min-ister of Qatar.

The visiting Miniter also metwith H E Dr. Saleh bin Mohammed Al Nabit, the Min-ister for Statisitics. The Minister

also met with the Pakistani com-munity members resident in Qatar and addressed them. The Minister also delivered a lecture on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) at the George Town University.

Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sohail Aman visited Qatar on the invitation of Major General Sal-imHamad Al Nabit, Commander of the Air Force College, to attend the passing out parade of a batch of Qatari Air Force pilots on January 24, 2018.

Chief of the Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Qatar on a two day visit to Doha from February 10-11, 2018. The Pakistan Army chief met with Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the Emiri Diwan and discussed regional and international issues.

The Chief of the Army Staff also met H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of State for Defence Affairs.

IMPORTANT VISITS FROM QATAR

H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, Deputy Prime Min-ister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs, Qatar, visited Pakistan to attend the Passing Out Parade at the Pakistan Mil-itary Academy in Kakul in April 2017.

Pakistan-Qatar FriendshipBilateral political relations between Pakistan and Qatar

Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani meeting with Chief of the Army Staff, Qamar Javed Bajwa, at the Emiri Diwan.

In the year 2010, the State of Qatar decided to shift all the embassies located in the West Bay, Doha, Qatar, to a safer and secure newly

developed Diplomatic Enclave area of Doha. As the Embassy of Islamic Republic of Pakistan was located in West Bay area. The Qatari Authorities made mandatory for all Embassies located in the West Bay area to be shifted to the new Diplomatic Enclave area by the end of December 2018. Some of the Embassies have already been shifted to the Diplomatic Enclave area.

In May 2012, Embassy of Pakistan in Qatar after competition awarded the Contract for pro-viding Consultancy services for Planning, Designing and acquiring approval from various Authorities to National Engineering Services Pakistan Limited, (NESPAK). A dedicated team under supervision of Architect Asad I. A. Khan, Managing Director, NESPAK, a renowned Architect carried out the Design. The assignment including acquiring approvals from relevant Authorities was completed in March 2014, however, the Con-struction works at site commenced on November 20, 2017 and is being supervised by NESPAK.

The Main components of Pakistan Embassy Complex envisaged to be constructed on a plot area of about 8,148 Square metres comprises:

The Major works include, but are not limited to, Architectural and Civil works, Electrical works, HVAC system, Plumbing and drainage works, Fire-fighting system, Boundary Wall, external works including

road works, hard and soft landscaping, etc.

PROJECT DATA

Client : Pakistan Chancery at Qatar, Government of PakistanConsultant : National Engineering Services Pakistan Ltd.(NESPAK)Contractor: Al-Attiyah Architectural ConstructionCommencement Date : November 20, 2017Completion Date: : May 16, 2019Completion Period: 547 Days (18 Months)

SALIENT FEATURES

Pakistan Embassy Complex is to be constructed on a plot area of 8,148 square metres, having covered area of buildings as mentioned below:

Embassy building : 3663 Sq. M.

Utility building : 576 Sq. M.Ancillary Buildings: 209 Sq. M.Total Covered Area: 6072 Sq. M.

Construction of new Embassy of Pakistan in Doha under way

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Two Pakistan Navy Ships and four delegations continued the tradition of solid repre-sentation at the sixth edition Doha International Maritime

Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX 2018). Pakistan and Qatar have a significant security and defence relationship that is cemented via ave-nues such as DIMDEX.

Commodore IrfanTaj, Defence Attaché of the Pakistan Embassy at Qatar, describes Pakistani represen-tation at DIMDEX’ “very impressive.” Pakistan has been a regularly attend-ing the DIMDEX which speaks of its due commitment to the region’s security and prosperity.

The delegations at DIMDEX rep-resented various prominent defence and security agencies of Pakistan. The Minister of Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain, led a four member delegation. Sardar Mansab Ali, Par-liamentary Secretary for Defence, led a two member delegation. Rear Admiral Shuaib and Rear Admiral Zakaur Rahman, Director-General of Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency were also in attendance. Commodore Faisal Abbasi, mission commander of the two Pakistani Ships which docked at Hammad Port on March 11, 2018 represented the Chief of Naval Staff.

The two Pakistan Navy ships which made their presence felt at the Exhi-bition are Fast Attack missile craft ship, “HIMMAT”, and maritime security ship, “BASOL”. Ship “HIMMAT”, built at Karachi Shipyard and Engineering

Works (KS&EW) Pakistan, is equipped with state-of-the-art weaponry and sensors, including an indigenously developed, sophisticated missile sys-tem that can perform tasks in a variety of threat scenarios.

Ship “BASOL”, named after a Paki-stani river, is a multi-purpose vessel, outfitted with the requisite world-class technology for patrolling ports and maritime trade routes as well as carrying out search and rescue.

Participation of two Navy Ships from Pakistan at DIMDEX 2018

On March 13, 2018, as a part of Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibi-tion and Conference (DIMDEX), a reception was held at Pakistan Maritime Security Ship ‘BASOL’ from 6.30pm to 8pm at Hamad Port. Federal Minister for Defence Production of the Islamic Repub-lic of Pakistan Rana Tanveer Hussain along with delegation from Pakistan for DIMDEX, Commander of Qatar Amiri Naval Forces Major General Abdullah Has-san Sulaiti, Zambrano, Minister of Defence of Ecuador; Shahzad Ahmad, Ambassa-dor of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to

Qatar, Officers from different ministries of State of Qatar and diplomatic commu-nity residing in the State of Qatar graced the occasion.

At the beginning of reception National Anthems of State of Qatar and Islamic Republic of Pakistan were played. Afterwards, the cake cutting cer-emony was held and dinner was hosted by Commodore Faisal Abbasi, Mission Commander of Naval Ships from Paki-stan Navy under the patronage of Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Paki-stan Doha, Qatar.

Pakistan’s Engineering Forum (PEF) since its inception in 1977 under the patronage of the Embassy of

Pakistan in Qatar has been pro-viding a platform to the engineering community for a social and technical exchange through various programs/events. The forum under its cur-rent president Mohammad Riaz for year 2017-18 and his team, are facilitating as usual on a non-profit basis.

The most interesting event has been an edutainment pro-gram at Movenpick Hotel in September 2017 by Pakistan’s well-known corporate trainer and motivational speaker Saadi Insha. The event titled “Myster-ies Within” provided an insight into our brains creativity and potential through an interactive entertainment by engaging the participants.

PEF also hosted receptions in honor of the visiting Governor Sind Zubair Umer and a delega-tion of Government Services Group in Doha. The two hosts provided an opportunity for infor-mal and candid exchange of views with the dignitaries.

PEF has a lot of routine activities lined up the most

significant being a seminar on China's One Belt One Road ini-tiative, an economic and development program that can transform trade.

The overarching idea is to rebuild the old marine and over-land trading routes — the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" down to Southeast Asia and to

the Middle East and Europe; the old Silk Route through Central Asia through Turkey and Europe.Actually, they are mainly grand projects that can support trade, infrastructure on roads, ports, pipelines, such as the China Pakistan Economic Cor-ridor (CPEC), linking China's Xinjiang to Pakistan.

Pakistan’s Engineering Forum

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Trade relations between Pakistan and Qatar have improved significantly since June 2017. There has been a 64% increase in exports from Pakistan to Qatar. Pakistani exports to Qatar reached $8.74 million in January this

year, the highest monthly exports witnessed for the first time since May 2012. Increase was mainly wit-nessed in food exports to Qatar. Imports from Qatar to Pakistan also increased 34 percent since June 2017. There have been a number of high level visits from both the countries.

Two shipping lines namely Milaha and Wen Hui have commenced shipping service from Karachi to Hamad Port which is a boon for Pakistani exporters. Delegations from Pakistan participated in Food and Consumer industries Exhibition, Hospitality Qatar and made in Qatar Exhibition held in Qatar in 2017

Improving trade relations between Pakistan and Qatar

and 2018.

visited Doha, Qatar from 7-9 May, 2017. During the visit he held meetings with Meeting with H E Shiekh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, Minister of Economy and Commerce, Qatar; Muhammad bin Ahmed bin Tawwar Al Kuwari, Vice Chairman, Qatar Chamber; and Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, Chairman Qatar Businessmen Association (QBA).

Zubair Tufail, President FPCCI, visited Qatar from 12-14 August, 2017, which included members of prominent business community, representatives

of business houses, pharma, agricultural and food industries. The delegation had fruitful meetings in Qatar in Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Public Health, Qatar Ports and Qatar Investment Authority.

Another delegation from FPCCI Pakistan led by Mehmood Arshad, Chairman Pak-Qatar Business Council, Javed Akhai, CEO of Martin Dow Pharma, Ali Aamir, Group Director Finance & IT, Martin Dow Ltd and Haroon Agha (Creek Engi-neering Works) visited Qatar from 16 to 18 Sep-tember, 2017. During the visit the delegation held various fruitful meetings in Qatar.

9-11 November, 2017. The following Qatari com-panies participated in the Pakistan Expo 2017. These are — Lari Group of Companies, Al-Mutaali Trading, Maraya Public Relations, Al-Jabber Con-struction, NAAAS Group, Noor Farms for Meat & Trading, Noor Milk & Juice, Royal Leaf Trading, Saba Trading Group, and Al-Sharq.

Rawalpindi Chambers of Commerce & Industry (RCCI), Chairman SECP and other prominent busi-nesspersons participated at the Pak-Qatar Business & Investment Opportunities Conference on 28th February 2018 at Hotel InterContinental Doha the City.

JANUARY 2017

Business Forum Doha (PBFD) unanimously approved the pro-posal for registering the Forum with Qatar Financial Centre

Mr Salman Wisal gave a pres-entation on investment oppor-tunities on Islamabad Margalla Hills project. A number of Paki-stani investors made invest-ments in the project

for ‘CPEC Investment Seminar’ of Rafi Group Land Developers

MARCH 2017

appointed as President, PBFD for a period of two years (2017-18) during March 2017.

formed for Federal as well as Provincial level contacts with government entities and private businessmen for business & investment pro-motion. Various contacts were made with local and federal BoI, FPCC&I, Lahore and Karachi Chamber, KPK investment authority, TDAP, etc.

formed to promote and enhance PBFD’s scope of activities. A formal Brochure has been launched.

-ipated of its Members in the Special Newspaper Supple-ments on 23rd March 2017

APRIL 2017

Professional Forum Qatar (PPFQ)’s Cancer Awareness & Cultural event at Interconti-nental Hotel

MAY 2017

full-fledged and registered LLC(G) company

JULY 2017

were held amongst Qatari and Pakistan businessmen for chalking out the strategy for exploring business opportu-nities of Pakistani exporters in Qatar in the wake of GCC blockade

AUG 2017

Meeting with Chairman FPCC&I and Members of his delegation and discussed and identified investment and trade related opportu-nities between Pakistani and Qatari businessmen

DECEMBER 2017

meeting with PBFD Members for seeking support toward business and investment opportunities in Qatar

FEBRUARY 2018

entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for long tem partnership for mutual cooperation and pro-moting bilateral trade, investment and industry between Pakistan and Qatar for facilitating business promotion

-working Meeting-cum-Dinner between PBFD Members and 62-Member delegation from Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Achievements of Pakistan Business Forum Doha 2017-18

SohniDharti is a social and cultural forum of Pakistani residents in Al Khor. The objective of forum is to bring Pakistani community

more closely, exhibit the culture of Pakistan and provide a learning and entertaining opportunities to Pakistani community. In the connection of this,

Festival and Spring Festival are one of the famous community events in Qatar.

Since last three years, these events are attracting visitors from all around Qatar. Over 5,000 visitors attended the 7th Mango Festival

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visited the event and feasted on popular mango varieties of Chaunsa, Anwar Ratol, Langra, and Dusheri known for unique tastes, sweetness and aroma. Popular Pakistani cuisine was also part of festival. Besides mangoes, seasonal fruits and veg-etables from Pakistani farms, and eatables like Dahi Ballay, Haleem and Barfi were on offer. In all, 15 tonnes of mangoes were imported for the festival.

Seasonal fruits and vegetables including all varieties of Pakistani cuisine were showcased on SohniDharti Spring Festival. SohniDharti Islamic

gents and youth, where different Pakistani Islamic scholars delivered lectures on various topics like ‘Guide to Parenting’, ‘Zakat’, etc. A comprehensive program for Arabic Grammar is going on for ladies and gents to understand Quran and Hadeeth. Soh-niDharti Islamic Education Committee members are Mujtaba Farouqi, Muhammad Kamran and Syed NassohAkhtar.

To enhance communication and leadership skills, a program with the name of SohniDharti Future Leaders is progressing well and Co-ordinator of Future Leaders Gavel Club is playing a vital role

to run this program successfully. More than 30 kids participated in speech contests and demonstrated communication and leadership skills. There were 24 sessions being conducted through the last one year. SohniDharti got an excellent support from sea-sonal Pakistani Toastmasters to guide the youth.

SohniDharti celebrated historical days of Pakistan and Qatar. Fabulous shows were held on Pakistan Independence Day, Qatar National Day, Qatar National Sport Day, and Pakistan Day. More than 150 children participated in each grand

number of sport events. Pakistan Cricket League for juniors and seniors was a very popular community event, where more than 6 teams participated in the tournament and Lahore Qalandars became the champion of Senior PCL, and Multan Sultans for the Junior PCL.

The executive committee, led by Rana Anwar Ali, conducted more than 15 events in a year for community members, which proved that SohniD-harti is the most vibrant and active forum of Paki-stanis in Qatar. Other executive members who served the community this year are: President LiaqatHussain, Vice President MujtabaFarouqi, Secretary Shahid M. Bhatti, Joint Secretary Amjad-

Media Secretary M. Iqbal Saad, Cultural Secretary -

jtabaBaloch, and Future Leaders Gavel Club Coor-dinator KhawarNadeem.

SohniDharti

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Pakistan Community ForumsPakistan Association Qatar- Doha – (PAQ)

Being the active Pakistani social culture lit-

scope of activities and events to train young students and Pakistani youth in Doha, Qatar, it was a busy year 2017-2018 (till March).Pakistan Association Qatar (PAQ) is a platform for experi-enced artists of their fields to share knowledge and talent with similar, and to train the youth and FOR Youth and students to learn new skills and arts. We arranged programs during this period which covered all aspect of art and cultural aspects:

(Urdu & Regional Pakistani languages)

activities for youth/students

cake cutting

Pakistan International School is being admin-istered by a Board of Governors appointed from time to time who

formulate guidelines on matters requiring policy decisions. The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the State of Qatar is the Chairman of the Board. The overall administration of PISQ is subject to the super-vision of the Embassy.

The responsibility for the executive administration, day to day management and welfare of the staff rests upon the Principal. The Principal is assisted by 4 Vice Principals of the respective wings and the Admin officer.

The development and progress of Pakistan International School is discernable in many ways. This report intends to bring to light the achievements in this regard particularly made over the last 5 years.

ADMISSIONS

There has been a gradual improvement in the number of admissions and academic results of the school from 2011 to 2017. Following is a summary of it for a quick review:

The enrolment in the aca-demic year 2017-18 is 3,552.

In academic session 2017-18, in addition to Pakistani students, there were enrolments of students from 24 different nationalities. It had happened for the first time that so many foreign students came for admission in our school it is pertinent to mention that majority of these cases were ref-ereed by the ministry of Education and Higher Education.

Overall academic result in the session 2016-17 from grade KG 1 till Grade 8 publicized as:

NOTE: The final examination for the academic year 2017-18 will start from March 2018.

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Streamlining-

labus from Kindergarten to grade VIII

Learning from grade IV onwards.-

jectors in all the board classes in both boys and girls wing to make the teaching more accurate and effective.

changed from KG to Grade 12 keeping in mind the latest evalu-ation techniques.

workshops by Oxford trainers to i m p r o v e t e a c h i n g methodologies.

-ified teachers tested through NTS were selected for recruitment.

school who is regularly partici-pating in International Youth Leadership Program, run by the Supreme Committee of Delivery and Legacy.

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conferences organized by different international schools and has won best delegates awards.

CO-CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS

1st position in Dramatic Decla-

and 3rd position in Humorous

storytelling event while competing against 72 contestants from 21 international schools. This com-petition is being held since last five

in 2013 with 7 schools.

Debate League Championship 2016 by defeating more than 42 international schools at both senior and junior levels.

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Tournament 2017.-

bition at Bright Future Interna-tional School.

position in I-earn Qatar. 2 of our teachers were selected and were sent to Morocco to attend I-Earn Conference and Display their projects there.

In addition to soaring per-formance in numerous co-cur-ricular activities, the following activities have been initiated and successfully maintained at Pakistan International School during last 6 years. They have pro-vided the students an opportunity to reveal their creativity and progress with confidence.

event has helped improve the school image and has made the parents aware of the school’s

Day Celebrations

Competition

Elections

Competition

KG to grade XII.

students by international and Pakistani scholars and researchers

DISCIPLINE

Discipline is one of the most important ingredients of any aca-demic institution. The way the stu-dents behave and move around is an indication of the institution’s decency and sobriety. In order to ensure this, “out pass” system is introduced in all the wings of the school. It is mandatory for students to carry the pass while going out of the class. In case of any disci-pline issue, parents are intimated through diary notes. In this regard, besides students, now the parents also cooperate in order to ensure discipline in and around the school premises.

MEDIA PROJECTION

As for representation on and through social media is concerned, Pakistan International School has also improved greatly during last 6 years. All its events and pro-grammes are regularly covered by the following newspapers: The Qatar Tribune, The Peninsula, and The Gulf Times. The school’s website has been revamped and is maintained properly. In addition, the projection and infor-mation of the school has been effectively maintained through other social media portals such as

Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

IGCSE CAMPUS AT PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Foundation for the construction of International General Certificate

Block. This is an important mile-stone in the success journey of Pakistan International School. Ini-tiation of IGCSE classes at our campus will benefit the com-munity to get their children inter-national qualification within the socio-cultural context that is Paki-stani. The IGCSE block is expected to be operative by September 2018.

EVENING SCHOOL

In April 2015, with the approval of the Ministry of Edu-cation and Higher Education, Pakistan International School started the evening school. In the beginning, there were only 17stu-dents and within 2 year the enrollment has reached to 210. is rendering a great service for the Pakistani community in another field where over aged students are enrolled and taught in as proper school students following the same curriculum as it is taught in the morning in The evening school has become a great service for the overage students.

Ecreating a distinctive mark of success as an established leading educational institute growing in size and achieve-ments, The Next Generation School has

made a name for itself, known as a Cambridge Certified institution delivering quality education to Qatar’s diverse community.

Starting with one campus, 13 students and 20

recognized institution with five campuses in oper-ation, 1,500 students, 3,000 parents and 250 expe-rienced team members, primarily focusing on imparting quality education, dedicated in imparting knowledge within the framework of National Curriculum of England and Islamic Edu-cation. TNG curriculum includes Robotics and Soft Skills along with the core subjects of Literacy, Mathematics and Science.

TNG school prides itself in promoting a culture which is learner centered and where teachers support students to become confident, responsible, reflective, innovative and engaged individuals. Inter-national awareness and global perspectives are pro-moted through the curriculum, which help create an effective learning environment for students from different countries, and communities.

Effective teaching leads to improved student achievement using outcomes that matter to their future success and at TNG relationships between staff and students are positive, demonstrate mutual respect, and assessment outcomes are monitored and evaluated with clear feedback into teaching and learning strategies.

ACHIEVEMENTS

The Next Generation School embarked on a journey of building leaders for the Nation of Qatar eight years ago and today the achievements of our students are profound.

Outstanding Cambridge Learner Award :Minahil Maqsood of Year X received the CIE ‘Out-standing Cambridge Learner Award ’ for securing

Cambridge examinations, in the state of Qatar.Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards:

Hams Yaser Mohamed Almeldin obtained the

and highest marks in Qatar for subject Arabic in

National Robotics Olympiad 2016 :TNG Stu-

High Category and fourth position in the Ele-mentary Category at the Qatar National Robotics Olympiad 2016 organized by Maersk College of North Atlantic. TNG Students secured fifth and sixth position as Elementary school in Open Cat-egory at the Qatar National Robotics Olympiad 2015 and second and fifth position in 2014.

MIA Art Competition: Museum of Islamic Art recently organized Art Competition across 500 schools. Two students of TNG, Amna Rehman from Grade 3 and Hadhiya Mumtaz from Grade 2 were selected for the best Artwork along with other 100 winning schools. The winning artwork is a part of MIA exhibits.

Sports Olympics Competition: Preparatory

category at the Sheikh Faisal Football Cup 2018.Math World Competition: Muhammad Ahmed,

a grade 4 student of TNG, secured the first position

Mathletics Competition in October 2015. Sasol: TNG students were awarded for their

outstanding participation at the Qatar E-nature Contest organized by the Ministry of Education and Friends of Environment Centre.

British Council International Video: TNG school became the regional winner for MENA in the British Council International Video Compe-tition in March 2017

Quran Competition: TNG students have achieved excellent results in the Quran Compe-tition held every year in Qatar by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs.

School Report Card: The Ministry of Education and Evaluation has published School Report Card for all the schools of Doha. For outstanding edu-cation standards TNG school has been ranked as one of the top ten schools in Doha.

TNG organizes an Educational Fiesta every year to provide a common platform to educa-tional institutes of Qatar who are invited to setup educational activities for families and children. Also, Youth leadership programme is one of TNG school’s flagship events where students demon-strate their leadership and communication skills.

The purpose of education is to prepare young people for the future and providing a platform for young minds to think independently, articulate ideas effectively and actively engage with global issues and concerns is a critical part of the schools’ vision. In the future too TNG will remain com-mitted to helping its students to develop the capac-ities they will need to thrive as future leaders.

Comparative Result Summary of SSC-II (2015-17): Overseas and Federal Board

SSC Comparative Result Summary 2015 2016 2017

Pakistan International School 97.79 % 95.05% 100%

Overseas 85.40 % 85.55% 84.70%

Federal Board 86.23 % 91.16% 91.82%

Comparative Result Summary of HSSC-II (2011-16): Overseas and Federal Board

HSSC Comparative Result Summary 2015 2016 2017

Pakistan International School 88.41 % 93.91% 94.23%

Overseas 80.89 % 81.48% 76.71%

Federal Board 73 % 80.52% 79.23%

Pakistan International School leading the way

The Next Generation School: Eight years of excellence in quality education

05 THURSDAY 22 MARCH 2018PAKISTAN NATIONAL DAY

Mohammad Idrees Anwar President, PQBF

The ongoing economic and political blockade enforced by few of the GCC countries has made Qatar, its pub-

lic and businesses sturdier. The Qatari leadership under Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is handling this challeng-ing and unpredicted situation wisely by bringing economic stability in Qatar and that is also on a fast track basis.

The blockade has undenia-bly opened thoughts of Qatari and expatriate entrepreneurs who are willing to confront with the new challenges and grab the opportunities for the country in terms of multi-sourcing trade,

self-reliance, industrialisation, investment and tourism.

Qatar has adopted an exceptional approach at this time of crisis towards its diplo-matic and economic policies by strategizing sustainable rela-tions with its neighbours. In this backdrop, the Governments of Pakistan and Qatar have shown immense interest for enhanc-ing bilateral economic and trade relations .

Both the countries are tra-ditionally supportive to each other and the warmth, cordial and time-tested relations that exist between the governments and the people, provide an excellent footing for further enhancing bilateral economic cooperation. The bilateral trade is of-course much below the

existing potential of economies and Pakistan Business Forum Doha (PBFD), a Forum operat-ing under the regulations of Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), has embarked upon to play a

catalyst role towards promot-ing interaction between the private sectors of both countries.

Pakistan's percentage of exports quantum to Qatar has increased in recent months to 65% as in January 2018 as com-pared to July 2017 which is encouraging thus giving impe-tus to the economists that the trend would improve during 2018. It is worth stating that few Pakistani companies have already made debut in the Qatar market which include Menu, Big Bird and K&N (Frozen Products), Olpers (Milk), Soya Supreme Products (Ketchup, Mayonnaise & Sugar), Peak Freans (Biscuits) besides others. Similarly vari-ous other Pakistani products like Steel piping products

(International Industries Limited) and Electrical cables (Pakistan Cables) have also entered the Qatar market.

Definitely, other regional countries enjoy a comparatively much bigger export footprint in Qatar as numerous products from the region have been flooded the Qatar market. Nev-ertheless, Pakistan’s logistic advantage and international position eventually gives it a competitive advantage not rivaled by any other country in the region. It is equally com-mendable that the timing of opening of Hamad Port for direct shipping links to Karachi and other ports in Pakistan has been picture-perfect. Milaha's announcement of launching a direct service between Pakistan

and Qatar between Karachi Port and Hamad Port with a compet-itive transit time of 4 days, making it the fastest direct connection between the two countries.

With the 'visa on arrival facil-ity' there will be more frequent visits and follow-ups by Pakistani traders and exporters to Qatar and giving them the opportunity to interact with them and project diversified industrial and export potential of Pakistan. Pakistan Business Forum Doha regularly facilitates businessmen of both countries towards seeking oppor-tunities and identify and share leads with prospective parties, arrange B2B meetings, dissemi-nateinformation and queries, guide Pakistani exporters and investors about doing business in Qatar.

PQBF bridging gap for promotion of Pakistan-Qatar business relations

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a framework of regional connectiv-ity. CPEC will not only benefit China

and Pakistan but will have positive impact on Iran, Afghanistan, India, Central Asian Republic, and the region. CPEC is journey towards economic regionalization in the globalized world. CPEC is hope of better region of the future with peace, develop-ment and growth of economy.

The vision and the mission of CPEC is to improve the lives of people of Pakistan, China and the region by building an eco-nomic corridor promoting bilateral connectivity, construction, explore poten-tial bilateral investment, economic and trade, logistics and people to people con-tact for regional connectivity. It includes: Integrated Transport & IT systems includ-ing Road, Rail, Port, Air and Data Communication Channels, Energy coop-eration, Spatial layout, functional zones, industries and industrial parks, Agricul-tural development & poverty alleviation, Tourism cooperation & people to people communication, Cooperation in livelihood

areas, Financial cooperation and Human Resource Development.

CPEC has significance for the devel-opment of the region. Potential areas of cooperation/development include:

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PROF AHSAN IQBAL Minister of Planning, Development & Reforms — Pakistan

The China- P a k i s t a n Economic Corridor is a fusion of

multiple develop-ments in the global, regional, bilateral and domestic con-texts. The ultimate objective is peace, prosperity and well being of the people of the two countries, the region and the world. The global economic landscape has changed dramatically. The main drivers of this change have been technology, trade liberalization, free capital movements, advances in com-munication and transportation infrastructure, and creation of cross border supply chains.

In the last decade 70 percent of global growth is ascribed to the emerging econo-mies. These shifts reflect changes in global governance. The integration of the global economy has enveloped all areas of trade, service and movement of capital. Regional cooperation agreements have proliferated and strengthened in recent times to capture this change especially in the global economic landscape. Pakistan’s prosperity is no more a long journey as the current leadership is working diligently on such projects whose outcomes would be visible and bright in a short period of time.

Recently, both the Pakistan & China Gov-ernments have made a conscious effort to focus on expanding the economic dimension of the relationship and bring it up to par with the excellent cooperation between the two coun-tries at the strategic and political level. This impetus towards enhancing economic and trade cooperation has gained strength since the near-simultaneous change of leadership in China and Pakistan. The new Governments in both countries have signaled their commit-ment to strengthening Pakistan-China relations very early in their terms of office.

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Pakistan’s Vision 2025 seeks to posi-tion itself from a lower middle income country to high middle income country by achieving the target per capita GDP of $4200. Pakistan-China corridor is win-win for both states. Through this mega project Pakistan will become the hub of business and trade in Asia, and Western China will penetrate into Asian and European markets. It will cater to the needs of all federating units of Paki-stan through proper rail and road network and multiple projects on energy within the next three years.

The current regime is making the right move by strengthening its economic ties with China and that this is one of the most signif-icant agreements signed between Pakistan and China till now, and it would stretch the depth of their bilateral strategic relations.

This project is not a game-changer but a fate-changer for Pakistan and for the pros-perity of three billion people of the region. We are doing it for socioeconomic benefit of the people of Pakistan and China. The Chi-nese President in his upcoming visit to Pakistan would give a road map about how China would pump $50bn up to 2017 into host of projects that would ultimately gen-erate billions of dollars besides creating numerous job opportunities.

The economic corridor will not only con-nect Pakistan and China, but will prove beneficial in connection Pakistan with its neighboring countries in the Western bor-der area. Functioning of the corridor will

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

open new vista of development prosperity as a result of which the national economy will grow fast, lead to creation of new job opportunities, poverty reduction, and devel-opment of transportation sector and boost industrial growth.

CPEC is a comprehensive package of cooperative initiatives and projects, which covers key areas including connectivity, information network infrastructure, energy cooperation, industries and industrial parks, agricultural development, poverty allevia-tion, tourism, financial cooperation as well as livelihood improvement including munic-ipal infrastructure, education, public health and people-to people communication.

With the experience to be gained in the process of project construction and improve-ment of local economy and security conditions, CPEC will not only benefit the entire Pakistan but will also contribute to regional peace, stability and prosperity It is estimated that about 3 billion people from China, South Asia and Central Asia, would be benefited from the economic corridor. It has the potential to empower half of the world’s population living in Asia, by devel-oping special trade routes between China and Pakistan. Economic Corridor is the most important agreement signed between Paki-stan and China till now.

Soon after assuming power, former PM Nawaz Sharif paid a visit to China where the historic MoU for CPEC was signed on 5th July 2013 in the presence of the Prime Ministers of both countries.ThisMoU kick-started a series of economic activities which can prove to be a game-changer for the entire region and uplift the lives of about 3 billion people across China, Central Asia, South Asia and the Middle East.

The corridor will link Kashghar in West-ern China with the deep sea Port in Gwadar, Pakistan through a mesh of communication networks comprising of a world-class sea-port, commercial sea lines, an airport, highways, railways, fibre optic cables as well as oil and gas pipelines. For China, CPEC is part of a wider ‘One Belt, One Road’ strat-egy to develop its western region and link the Silk Route Economic Belt to the 21st Cen-tury Maritime Silk Route. Chinese President Xi Jingping also proposed forging a China-Pakistan community of Shared Destiny during his meeting with President of

Pakistan MamnoonHussain on 19 Feb, 2014. For Pakistan, it is the realization of one of seven pillars of growth relating to regional connectivity of its development strategy Vision 2025,that aims to make the country the next Asian Tiger. Today,a crucial chap-ter in the history of this mega-project stands to be inked with the visit of Chinese Presi-dent Xi Jinping to Pakistan.

The Corridor project comprises of mod-ern highway and railway transportation system; linkingKashgar in West China, to Khunjrab in the north and onwards to Kara-chi and Gawadar in the south of Pakistan through multiple routes. Energy sector has been assigned top priority to help Pakistan overcome energy shortages in order to achieve higher growth rates for speedy development. The corridor projects initially envisage $34bn investment in energy sec-tor and around $11bn in infrastructure sector. Both countries have finalized plans to add 10,400 MWs of electricity capacity through early harvest energy generation projects spread all across the country to be completed by the year 2017/18, and another 6,645 MWs of projects for energy on the actively pro-moted list.

Gwadar Port Project is the centerpiece of Pak-China Strategic Partnership with its strategic location and potential for becom-ing the future economic and energy hub. The cluster of projects under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will transform it into one of the world’s leading port cities having top-class commercial and tourist facilities, integrated infrastructure and investment opportunities. This will make Gwadar a cat-alyst for development of Makran Coast and Baluchistan in particular, and Pakistan in general.

CPEC will benefit all provinces and bring peace,harmony, cooperation and economic development in the entire country. The pro-vincial capitals Quetta, Peshawar, Karachi, and Lahore are all major nodes of the project,whilst less-developed regions of the country including FATA, KPK, AJK, Gilgit-Baltistan, South Punjab, Thar in interior Sindh and Gwadar in Baluchistan, will be brought into the folds of active development. Harnessing the wealth of hitherto untapped coal reserves for the last 67 years in drought-ridden Thar will transform it into an energy capital of the world.

Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works Limited (KS&EW) was established in mid fifties as a project of Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) and incor-porated as a Public Limited Company in 1957. It is the oldest and the only shipyard in Pakistan, catering for

Shipbuilding, Ship Repair and General Engineering Works. KS&EW is entirely owned by Government of Pakistan (GoP) and working as an autonomous commercial organization under Ministry of Defence Production (MoDP). It is managed by a Board of Direc-tors headed by the Chief of Naval Staff as its Chairman.

KS&EW is situated at West Wharf, Karachi, spreading over an area of 71 acres. It is equipped with a large shipbuilding hall, three block fabrication areas, three shipbuilding berths, two dry docks, a well equipped machine shop and a grit blasting and painting facility. KS&EW has Integrated Management System (ISO 9001: 2008, ISO 14001: 2004 & OHSAS 18001 : 2007) certified from M/s Lloyds Register Quality Assurance.

Karachi Shipyard is the only shipyard of Pakistan strategically located on the cross roads of South Asia and Gulf region. It is designed to carry out shipbuilding and ship repair business for the local and foreign customers – Pakistan Navy (PN), Pakistan National shipping Corporation (PNSC), Maritime Security Agency (MSA), Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Port Qasim Authority (PQA), Gawadar Port Authority (GPA), Pakistan Customs in the Public Sector and wide range of customers in the Private Sector have also been well served over the last sixty years.

Facilities installed are suited to build and repair ships upto 26,000 DWT. KS&EW has constructed over 444 vessels of dif-ferent sizes and capacities for local and foreign customers including China, Iran, Belgium, to name a few and repaired over 5,000 vessels for local and foreign customers. KS&EW can build commercial as well as Naval ships including Frigates, Mis-sile Craft, Gun Boats, Patrol Craft, Submarines, Oil/Water Tankers and Tugs, Dredgers and Pilot Boats.

In Aug. 2006, KS&EW was transferred from Ministry of Defence (MoD) to Ministry of Defence Production (MoDP), Pakistan. Since then, with the help and support of MoDP and Pakistan Navy, KS&EW has made a remarkable turnaround.

Currently there are various defence related shipbuilding orders being executed at KS&EW including 1,7000 Tons Fleet Tanker, Fast Attack Craft (Missile) No. 4, 2 x 32 Tons BP Tugs for Pakistan Navy and 1500 & 600 Tons Maritime Patrol Ves-sels for Pakistan Maritime Security Agency and Bridge Erection Boats for Pak Army. KS&EW has also been entrusted by PN for the construction of 4 x new generation AIP submarines. Fur-thermore, over 5000 vessels of national and international origin have been repaired so far.

KS&EW regularly undertake steel renewal, major structure repairs, machinery overhauls and underwater repairs for Paki-stan Navy, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency, Karachi Port Trust, Port Qasim Authority and a number of foreign clients.

Our reputation is based on delivering short lead time for repairs, high quality work and minimal vessel downtime. With highly skilled teams and years of experience, KS&EW is able to repair any kind of ship and undertake diversified repair jobs.

KSEW has highly trained, motivated workforce and eager to undertake more projects national as well as international with full zeal and energy. While striving to develop maritime and indus-trial sector of Pakistan, KS&EW hopes to achieve the national goal of self-reliance and indigenization in maritime sector.

KS&EW: Striving for excellence in shipbuilding

A framework of regional connectivity

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The main reason to create an aircraft factory was not to commercially sell aircraft to the world, but rather to support the Pakistan Air Force’s ever increasing fleet of aircraft with the ultimate goal of becoming self-

reliant. Therefore, the main objective, that is still very much the case today, is to perform IRAN (Inspect, and Repair As Necessary) and depot-level mainte-nance on frontline aircraft, without having to send the airframes all over the world back to their man-ufacturers. This did not come about overnight. There was already some experience with performing IRAN on the CL-13B/F-86F Sabre fleet.

The first step was to create a dedicated aircraft repair factory to perform depot-level maintenance in Pakistan. At that point in time, the early sev-enties, there was a huge fleet of F-6s to support. These had to be sent back to their manufacturer for maintenance resulting in a lot of inconveniences like aircraft downtime and mounting costs.

With the influx of large numbers of Mirages from the late sixties, it became apparent that a ded-icated in-country facility was needed. So it was decided in 1971 to build an F-6 rebuild factory, later renamed Aircraft Rebuild Factory (ARF), for the F-6 at first. This was negotiated with the Chinese government and supervised by the manufacturer Shenyang. Work on this started in October 1977 and continued to 6 November 1980 and saw the first overhauled F-6, serial 7710, rolled out in 1981.

Meanwhile, in 1976, work had started on a similar facility for the Mirage, known as the Mirage rebuild factory (MRF). By then, contracts Blue Flash A and 1A were concluded, delivering five Mirage 3DP, eighteen Mirage 3EP, three Mirage 3RP and the first eighteen Mirage 5PA. More contracts were in the pipeline. Again in good cooperation with the manufacturer, Dassault, the MRF was built between 1976 and 1978 under project number P-741 and produced its first overhauled Mirage on 20 Feb-ruary 1980. In parallel, a facility was created to overhaul the Atar 9C engines.

With this, the eighties started with the capa-bility of maintaining the fighter aircraft of PAF in Pakistan itself. In those early days, the corner stone for the current Aircraft Manufacturing Factory (AMF) was laid as well. The Saab MFI-17 was selected as basic trainer for the armed forces and part of the deal that was negotiated, was that they would be licence built in Pakistan from 1975 onward. In fact, PAC Kamra is now the licence holder to build these aircraft and develop them further, resulting in the Super Mushshak.

Latest part of PAC Kamra that was created, is

the Kamra avionics and radar factory, now called Avionics Production Factory (APF). This started as maintenance facility for ground based radar systems in 1983. Also, with the increasing number of aircraft of Chinese, US, and French origin, the avionics support for those aircraft also meant that a specialised branch was needed.

CORE ACTIVITIES

March 2017 saw the 1000th aircraft, an F-7PG, over-hauled at PAC Kamra. Although some name changes have occurred, the four departments within PAC are basically the same four pillars on which the aeronau-tical complex was originally founded. We briefly browse by these, given some of their key activities.

(a) Aircraft Rebuild Factory undertakes the overhaul of Chinese Aircraft in the PAF inventory

(b) Mirage Rebuild Factory undertakes the overhaul of French Origin aircraft in the PAF inventory and the overhaul of various types of engines

(c) Avionics Production Factory undertakes the Maintenance and testing of radar systems, main-tenance and testing of avionics, designing and developing of avionics, upgrading and retrofitting avionics suites on existing aircraft, manufacturing of avionics, manufacturing of electronic equipment for generic use.

(d) Aircraft Manufacturing Factory undertakes manufacturing and repair of Mushshak and Super Mushshak Aircraft. Moreover, the production of 58% airframe and assembling of JF-17 aircraft is also undertaken by AMF.

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JF-17 Thunder: When asked from any Paki-stani, which achievement makes them most proud,

an overwhelming reponse is, “the JF-17 Project!”. Indeed, with the production of the Block II reaching its final stage, the test phase of the two seat JF-17B in full swing and export orders secured for Myanmar, the Thunder story will continue to capture headlines in the foreseeable future. Even so, the market is potentially huge, also for advanced tactical and weapons training. PAC Kamra is close to finalizing another JF-17 contract. Next up is the development and production of the Block-III JF-17 Thunder enabling to withdraw the F-7PG and Mirage aircraft the coming decade.

Mushshak and Super Mushshak: When the Pakistan Air Force was looking for a new basic trainer in the early seventies to replace PAF’s Har-vards (and Pakistani Army’s O-1 Bird Dogs), the MFI-17 Supporter development of the MFI-15 Safari was selected. Negotiations with Saab were started with the intention of local assembly in mind. At first, 15 aircraft were delivered complete along with ten semi-knocked down (SKD) kits for assembly by the Pakistan Air Force Academy at Risalpur. At that point in time, the contract was signed June 1974 and the kits delivered from October 1974, the facilities for aircraft manufacture at Kamra were still under development and construction, as we saw earlier. Project P-751 ran apace and after the ten SKDs, 82 complete knock down (CKD) kits were delivered for complete assembly in Pakistan.

By 1982, 92 MFI-17 Mushshaks were built locally. In that year, Saab decided to stop supplying parts and manufacturing of the MFI-17 Supporter and the Aircraft Manufacturing Factory gained pro-duction rights for the MFI-17. It went on to produce the aircraft for Air Force and Army, in various pro-duction runs 185 were built from 1983 to 1995. Apart from catering for domestic use, the Mushshak saw export orders as well. With six going to Syria, 25 to Iran and three to Oman.

By 1995, the development of a more powerful version dubbed the Super Mushshak was under way and the last airframe of Fiscal year 1995 procurement, the 95-5385 was kept as prototype for the MFI-395 Super Mushshak. Apart from the more powerful 260hp Textron-Lycoming IO-540-V4A5 engine it features air conditioning and has more advanced avionics; a complete glass cockpit is optional to ensure seamless onward training on K-8 and other plat-forms thus equipped. The Pakistan Air Force opted for the Super Mushshak and 50 existing Mushshaks were upgraded by AMF for them. PAF also kept some MFI-17, as did the army who decided not to upgrade their fleet to Super Mushshak standard.

The Super Mushshak saw more export success, and that story is developing too. Clearly the huge basic trainer market fuels requests and creates opportunities. The three Omani Mushshaks were upgraded to Super Mushshak standard with another five ordered in 2002. Saudi Arabia ordered 20 Super Mushshaks in 2004, and Turkey, Nigeria, Qatar and Azerbaijan followed in 2016/17. If we include the ten original aircraft and all sub-sequently assembled and manufactured Mush-shaks and Super Mushshaks, we come to a tally of 329, excluding the recent orders that encompass 80 more.

No 30 Sqn of Al Zaeem MBAA Air Academy, Qatar Emiri Air Force has already been equipped with 08 Garmin Glass cockpit modified Super Mushshak Aircraft in 2017 which are currently engaged in the training of Qatari Student Pilots for future endeavours.

Aviation City: Aviation City is a long term vision which PAC strongly advocates. All aviation related knowledge will then be under one roof, not only the engineering part but also business and commercial knowledge. Apart from laboratories, it also entails a campus for students. This is not some luxury or fan-ciful idea; it is detrimental to ensure the ability to become even more self-reliant in the future.

Fifth Generation Pakistani fighter aircraft: Still, the next step is also materializing: developing and producing a 5th generation fighter aircraft in Pakistan. Obviously, this is something that has to be planned well in advance and the development of the Aviation City is closely intertwined with this new exciting project. The JF-17 Thunder project already proves that PAC Kamra's capable of pro-ducing a modern aircraft. So we will keep an eye on the skies over Attock to see what emerges, be it Super Mushshak and JF-17 aircraft in the colours of new export customers, or a prototype of the next generation fighter for the Pakistan Air Force.

After a hiatus of nearly a decade, Pakistan film industry is on the roll again. This is evident from the fact that this country has earned two Academy Awards, in the best short documentary category in a

short time span of three years and raked in billions in business, in the past few years.

Cinema and filmmaking in Pakistan made a wonderful comeback in the year 2013. While the release of various Pakistani films since then, the country has given a much-needed push to aspiring local film-makers and has also provided tre-mendous opportunities for producers and mul-tiplex owners and served as an incentive for more investment.

To support the nascent but vibrant Pakistani film industry the Embassy of Pakistan, Doha, Qatar in cooperation with Katara cultural village for the first time, screened three Pakistani films in Katara drama theatre on February 27, 2108.

Three Pakistani films including children’s ani-mation movie “3 Bahadur” directed by two times Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy was screened for school children in the morning fol-lowed by a light rom-com "Chupan Chupai" and the movie "Azad", a dark comedy revolving round social issues in Pakistan. The movies were screened with subtitles in English to make it more understandable for the local population and the various expatriate communities residing in Qatar.

The premiere of movie “Azad” was held in the evening which was attended by its director and actor “Rehan Sheikh” and actor from "Chupan Chupai" Faizan Rashid Khwaja also attended the screening and interacted with their fans. Both the actors appreciated the initiative taken by the Embassy of Pakistan to promote Pakistani movies and culture abroad.

All three films were well-received and were screened to full house in Katara theatre. The diplo-matic and expatriate community appreciated the quality and caliber of film making in Pakistan. The movie screening set a good stage of cultural coop-eration and exchange between the brotherly coun-tries of Pakistan and Qatar. Through this initiative by the Embassy and Katara Cultural Village, the Paki-stani cinema will find new horizons to distribute and market its productions. The purpose of this initiative was to open up a market for the Pakistani film in Doha to promote Pakistani films and culture and to generate revenues which will eventually boost the production of films in Pakistan.

PAC Kamra: Pakistan's ticket to self-reliance

Embassy screens 3 films at Katara

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