While Pakistan’s drive to maximize its power production based on clean and green energy resources often faces serious obstacles but perhaps never before clean energy was theft.Unidentified armed men recently barged into a farmhouse in the Memon Goth area of District Malir, Karachi late in the night.They held hostage the farmhouse staff at gunpoint. They tied their legs and hands…
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Today I attended a conference at Serena Islamabad “The need to switch towards a greener future: Lessons from China” arranged jointly by SDPI and PCI. I truly appreciate both organizations for their valuable efforts in organizing this event and addressing a key policy issue which needs to be addressed immediately.The speakers did their best to highlight pertinent points related to…
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The second day of the 14th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), hosted by the Oxford University Press (OUP) Pakistan from February 17 to February 19 at the Beach Luxury Hotel, was once again marked by an array of stimulating discussions and lively performances.
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Pakistan is set to announce a mini budget to generate about Rs200 billion additional revenue to meet IMF Conditionalities. The mini budget will be placed before and approved by parliament ahead of IMF final talks on 16.02.2023.The government is taking harsh taxation measures on the demand of the IMF to general more revenue for lower the fiscal deficit.Sources in FBR…
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Pakistan faced an almost nationwide power outage on Monday. A significant energy shortage is one of the main drivers of the nation’s current economic crisis…………..The long-awaited winter energy crisis has finally hit…but it wasn’t in Europe after all. On Monday, almost the entirety of Pakistan was left without power when a misguided energy saving strategy by the government backfired. Runaway…
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.For brain storming I am of the view that if in winter total NTDC load is 9000 MW if aardvark group of 1200 MW tripped due to any fault then expected drop in frequency will be around 6% .let say if Kanuup 2400 MW tripped the drop in frequency in winter will be around 13% and in summer it will…
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UN SDG 12, “Sustainable Consumption and Production”, deals all such issues comprehensively. Interested friends can see my referred above. Sole due to unawareness of the requirements of ACI 350 for all hydraulic concrete, to meet ESHF, we have polluted the whole unground water of Pakistan, an irreparable loss to the nation. Now all development Banks including WDG, ADB, KFW, EU,…
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OGRA strongly rebut the speculations on Petrol/diesel shortages. The country has sufficient petrol and Diesel stocks for meeting demand for 18 and 37 days respectively. Furthermore, ships carrying 101,000MT petrol is at berth/outer anchorage. The local refineries are playing their due role in meeting demand of petroleum products. Spokesman OGRA Imran Ghaznavi
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Hospitals, schools, factories and tens of millions of homes across Pakistan were left without power Monday after the country’s electricity grid suffered a nationwide outage. The huge blackout, right as parts of the country struggle through a harsh winter, was blamed by the country’s federal energy minister Khurram Dastgir-Khan on a surge that knocked out the network. In a bid…
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The fee of law firm will be £230,000 whereas fee of barrister will be finalized by the Attorney General Office, the sources added. Recently, MD PPIB, Shah Jahan Mirza apprised the Board that Star Hydro Power Limited (SHPL) and NTDC entered into dispute over delay in installation of Power Purchaser Inter-Connection Facility by NTDC. Both parties filed counter arbitral claims…
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