The nation will celebrate Independence Day today with renewed resolve to work with the spirit of Pakistan Movement to make the country a true Islamic welfare state. The day will dawn with thirty-one gun salutes in the Federal Capital and twenty-one gun salutes in the provincial headquarters. Prayers will be offered for security and progress of Pakistan and well-being of…
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In light of the directives from National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the Sui Northern Gas has launched its mobile vaccination campaign. During the campaign, more than 9,000 people have been vaccinated so far. It is pertinent to mention that Prime Minister of Pakistan formally approved the national vaccination campaign on May 31 following which NCOC requested State Owned Enterprises…
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Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Senator Shibli Faraz Thursday said that Clean and Green Pakistan campaign of Prime Minister Imran Khan would help bring positive change to the climate. “The effects of climate change are affecting the whole world”, Shibli Faraz said while launching a tree plantation campaign in the premises of his ministry by planting a sapling. The…
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Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Shehryar Khan Afridi Thursday urged youth to become flag bearers of Clean Green Pakistan drive. Addressing the students and youth at the Clean Green Pakistan movement launched by Prime Minister Imran Khan by Air University here at Pir Sohawa, Shehryar Afridi urged youth to actively participate in the Clean Green Pakistan Movement launched…
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Pakistan has maintained its record making and breaking spree in the broader economy as it reported all-time high power generation and transmission of 24,467 megawatts (MWs) in a single day on Wednesday. The feat was achieved by partly utilising the surplus generation capacity which has remained a huge cause of expensive power for end-consumers in the country. The required increase…
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Pakistan on Thursday appreciated the United States for greatly enhancing capacity of renewable energy projects by approximately 50% through its Sustainable Energy for Pakistan (SEP) project. The statement comes after Pakistani officials and representatives from the US government celebrated the conclusion of the four-year Sustainable Energy for Pakistan (SEP) project, an official statement said on Thursday. Through the SEP project, the US…
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Pursuant to the uninterrupted provision of safe and reliable electric power to its valuable customers, K-Electric continues its efforts against illegal encroachments and the kunda network across Karachi. In this regard, KE teams successfully dismantled kunda-related encroachments in 6 locations in Korangi with the help of law enforcement agencies. Around 350 illegal and unsafe connections from the KE network were…
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Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) Director General Farzana Altaf Shah on Monday told the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change that the air pollutant ratio in the federal capital was calculated below permissible limits of National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS) since January. The committee meeting was chaired by Senator Muhammad Hamayun Mohmand. She apprised the forum that the most hazardous…
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The federal government on Wednesday gave an ex-post facto approval to a Rs29 billion road project against its own decision while also relaxing a statutory requirement for conducting feasibility study for another project. Headed by Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) took certain decisions, which have raised governance and prudent fiscal management related issues.…
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Sindh Minister for Energy Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh on Wednesday said that his department, Engro Energy Limited and a group of Karachi-based industrialists would soon ink a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a 400-megawatt solar-wind electricity generation power house to provide low-cost and uninterrupted power to the industrial units in Sindh, especially Karachi. In a statement, he said that the…
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