Pak to host economic cooperation conference on Afghanistan !

Islamabad, July 17: Pakistan is scheduled to host the third Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan in the federal capital during August 26-27. The conference is a follow-up to the Kabul Conference of December 2005 and New Delhi Conference of November 2006, state-run APP news agency quoted sources in the Economic Affairs Division as saying today. Eleven regional countries, the G-8 nations and international organisations like the UN, World Bank, Asian Development Bank and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation are scheduled to participate in the conference. The sources said the conference would have the single-point agenda of the economic development of Afghanistan in particular and the region in general. The issues expected to be discussed at the proposed Islamabad Conference are mining, energy, infrastructure,... [read full story]