Afghanistan wants Pakistan to export furnace oil

Afghanistan has asked Pakistan for the first time to allow import of furnace oil to meet the requirement of its power plants.

“The government charges General Sales Tax (GST) on use of furnace in local power plants and Afghanistan will have to pay the same if exports are allowed,” the official said. Pakistan’s furnace oil demand is 9 to 10 million tons per year. Local oil refineries produce 2.5 million to 3 million tons per year while the remaining amount is met through imports. (Source)

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TASHKENT: In the middle of Central Asia, a professor has studied and taught Urdu for over half a century.

Professor Dr Tash Mirza is as passionate about the language now as he was in 1961, when he completed his doctorate in Urdu from Moscow University. His studies have taken him as far as Delhi, though his home for almost all his life has been Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.

Mirza frequently visits Pakistan and India to attend seminars and conferences on Urdu literature. Now 75, he teaches Urdu at the city’s State Institute of Oriental Studies. (via aminalikesthisstuff)

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