8,000 CNG buses soon will be on the roads, Afridi Federal Minister for Environment Hameedullah Jan Afridi has said the government is making all out efforts to encourage the use of CNG and is even not imposing any duty on the import of CNG parts. Speaking at the 5th International CNG Conference at a local hotel on Thursday, the federal…
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Govt. can cancel land lease wind power projects which failed to show progress in a given time, Askari Taqvi KARACHI – Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternate Energy Askari Taqvi said Tuesday that the government can cancel land lease of those wind power projects which failed to show progress in a given time. He was speaking at the inauguration of…
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1st LPG Conference January 11, 2007, Islamabad – Pakistan Liberalization and Deregulation does not absolve the Government of its responsibilities: Ahmed Waqar, Secretary Petroleum ISLAMABAD: Government’s policy of deregulation has resulted in the growth of the LPG sector in Pakistan and from 15 companies in the year 2000, now there are over 40 engaged in the business. However, the inputs…
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Conference on Power Generation Power-Gen Pak, April 06, 2007, Islamabad – Pakistan Country’s Power Generation Capacity To Be Enhanced ISLAMABAD – Secretary Water and Power Ashfaq Mehmood on Friday said the power generation capacity will be enhanced to meet the growing power demand in the country. Addressing the conference on Power Generation issues, challenges and development “Power-Gen Pakistan-2007”, arranged by…
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Pakistan has been incurring a loss of about $ 3 billion per annum on account of infrastructure and industrial corrosion and it needs a comprehensive “national strategy” for corrosion control. This was stated by the engineers and experts at a conference on “Corrosion, Prevention and Management”, organized by National Forum for Environment & Health (NFEH) at a local hotel here…
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KARACHI ( Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternate Energy Askari Taqvi) said that the government will provide all possible support to joint ventures between international and local companies for manufacturing wind turbines in Pakistan. Speaking at a seminar on “Energy Crisis in Pakistan “, held in connection with the second anniversary of monthly magazine Energy Update at a local hotel.…
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Karachi– The services of national and multinational companies, working in energy sector were recognized at an award distribution ceremony of first Energy Awards at a local hotel.Senior Executive Director of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) Javed Nazeer distributed the awards, launched by monthly Energy Update.The recipient in the oil marketing companies was Executive Director Pakistan Sate Mr. Kaleem Siddiqui,…
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