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Two provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan say federal govt providing least or no support to develop hydropower resource in their areas KarachiPunjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Gilgit-Baltistan, all have said that they have not been getting the desired cooperation from the federal authorities concerned to utilize the massive potential in their respective areas to generate hydroelectricity as one of the cheapest and environmental friendly…

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Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey on Monday stressed on the need to convert sugar factories into a hub of bio-energy and other value-added products to become self-reliant. He also said there is a greater need for developing flexi sugar factories producing sugar and ethanol as per relative economics and market demand. The secretary was speaking after inaugurating a five-day online executive…

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H.E Mr Tarek Dahrough, Ambassador of Arabic Republic of Egypt to Pakistan called on Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Petroleum Mr Nadeem Babar at the Ministry of Petroleum today. The Ambassador was leading a delegation of an Egyptian Energy Company TAQA with focus to explore the business opportunities in the field of energy sector of Pakistan. The SAPM gave…

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ISLAMABAD: After its hibernation for almost a decade, the government has decided to reactivate the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) for centralised control and monitoring of all the 10 public sector distribution companies (Discos) as part of a reforms process that may ultimately lead to their privatisation. Under the plan, the Pepco will act as “Management Agent” for all the…

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EPT directed SBCA to not approve the building plan without SEPA approval. As SEPA welcomes that order similarly it should respect compliance to other laws and without NOC from the culture department EIA review is not justified. Report is silent on the heritage status of the building, if removed from the heritage list, how and when it was removed.  Most…

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KARACHI: For over a month, Prince Cinema — one of Karachi’s oldest picture houses — has been in the process of being razed to the ground. According to the billboard placed outside the gate, it is set to become the new home for a high-rise building called ‘Prince Icon’. Walking through the rubble towards the main cinema screen, it looked…

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KARACHI: Sindh government’s culture department has declared 1061 more private and public buildings as national heritage in the provincial capital.The department notification includes Karachi Gymkhana, Ayesha Badani School, Metropole Hotel, PC Hotel, Bombay Hotel (Cantt Station), PIDC House, Capri Cinema, Prince Cinema, Nishat Cinema, Saifee Hotel, Nigar Cinema, Alpha Restaurant, Seventh Day Hospital, Holy Family Hospital, Jagirdar Hotel FTC Hall,…

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China has launched two satellites today morning using Long March-2D carrier rocket, namely Gaofen-9 05 and Tiantuo-5 which can keep an eye on BRI including the CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) initiatives of Beijing. China has successfully launched a new satellite named Gaofen-9 05 using its Long March-2D carrier rocket at 10:27 hours on Sunday (Beijing Time), agencies reported. The launch took…

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ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) on Friday approved planned divestment of seven percent government-owned shares in Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) and 10 percent shares in Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) through public offerings. The CCoP meeting presided over by Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh also directed the Privatization Commission…

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ISLAMABAD: In an interesting development, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has returned to the National Transmission & Despatch Company (NTDC) the 27-year Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP 2020-47) to get its approval from the government on the basis of preferred fuel mix and provincial shares. Strangely, the regulator also gave a list of about two dozen renewable plants with…

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