Business
Gov’t Officials Owe More than 3 Billion Afghani to Nation Power Company
Officials at National Power Company Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) have stated that the Governmental officials whose names will be listed below didn’t pay the electricity bills for years, They have warned if the bills aren’t paid, Kabul residents will not have electricity for the year of 2018 .
The Afghanistan National Power company Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) has published the list of those of who haven’t paid their electricity bills for years and the names are as follows:
1- First Vice President Gen, Abdul Rashid Dustom 34 million Afghani.
2- Deputy of High peace council Mohammad Karim Khalili 5 million Afghani.
3- Member of Harasat and Sabat council Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayyaf about 2 million Afghani.
4- Law maker Lalia Hameedzai 600 thousand Afghani.
5- Mp Abdul Rahim Ayubi about 300 thousand Afghani.
6- Representative at lower house Mullah Tarakhail 600 thousand Afghani.
7- Private Tv station Noorin more than 3 Million Afhgani.
DABS Spokesman Wahidullah Tauhidi said,” People should be friend with our company in consuming electricity so that everyone can enjoy electricity, once again we will announce the names of those who still owe our company for not paying their Electricity bills.”
Currently Afghanistan is purchasing 300 mega watt electricity from neighboring countries though the country needs 700 mega watt electricity.
Reported by Naseer Ahmad Dastagirzada
Business
Export volume totals over $140 million in last month of 1402
The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) confirmed Tuesday that in the last month of solar year 1402, (March 2024) Afghanistan’s exports totaled $141.1 million and imports totaled $789.6 million.
This was down from $174 million for exports in the same period in 1401. However, imports increased by $99.2 million in 1402, up from $690.4 million.
Most exports in the last month of 1402 went to Pakistan, India and the United Arab Emirates, while in the last month of 1401 exports went to Pakistan, India and China.
Business
Afghanistan-Kazakhstan chamber of commerce opens in Herat
The Ministry of Interior said the governor of Herat province Islam Jar met with Alim Khan Yasin Gildaye, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Afghanistan, to discuss various issues around trade.
According to the ministry, the two sides discussed the expansion of trade facilities, increasing the volume of trade exchanges between traders of the two countries, reducing customs tariffs, solving the challenges of traders and issuing visas to them.
The Afghanistan-Kazakhstan Chamber of Commerce has been opened in Herat in order to facilitate and increase trade between the two countries.
Business
Afghanistan reaches self-sufficiency in production of 133 items: MoIC
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) says Afghanistan has reached self-sufficiency in 45 sectors and the production of 133 items, and that the ministry is striving to change Afghanistan from an importing country to an exporting one.
The ministry officials said that for this purpose, supporting domestic products and attracting investment is essential.
The ministry’s spokesman Abdul Salam Jawad Akhundzada emphasized increasing the use of domestic goods and products in government and national projects and added that efforts have also begun to find a market for domestic products inside and outside the country.
“We have reached self-sufficiency in 133 items of production, which is 45 sectors, and also we reached the capacity of semi-self-sufficiency in 95 items of production, which is 27 sectors,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Chamber of Industries and Mines (ACIM) says over the past two and a half years, more attention has been paid to the development of domestic production and it is also expanding.
The chamber officials stressed expanding the culture of using domestic products in government projects.
“I think that the government is one of the biggest consumers in the market if it uses domestic products in all its development projects,” said Abdul Nasir Rashtia, a member of ACIM.
Economic experts also said that if the use of domestic products in government projects increases, Afghanistan will quickly move towards economic independence.
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