Gwadar economic forum set up to facilitate investors
To create awareness on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) among the people of Balochistan and facilitate the investors Gwadar Economic Forum has been established. Addressing a press conference at Karachi Press Club in last week of October, Mir Naveed Kalmati, Chairman, Gwadar Economic Forum (GEF) said the forum will work as a bridge between the […]
Gwadar Receives first chinese ship
Centre of $46 billion China-Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC) project, Gwadar received first chinese ship. The project is surely the beginning of a journey of prosperity of Pakistan. The economic corridor is about 3000 Kilometres long consisting of highways, railways and pipelines that will connect China’s Xinjiang province to rest of the world through Pakistan’s Gwadar […]
ECNEC approved 6 projects worth Rs281bn
National Economic Council (Ecnec) in the first week of October approved six projects of over Rs 281 billion for power, communication as well as water and social sectors. The meeting of executive committee of the Ecnec presided over by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar considered and approved proposal for the construction of 100 small dams in […]
PC to include WAPDA in monitoring body
Dams’ construction: In monitoring the implementation of 20 small/medium dams to be constructed in Balochistan, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has directed the Planning Commission to include Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda). Balochistan generates total surface flood flows of 10.79, 3.25 and 25.23 billion cubic meters during average, dry and […]
Cement export showed double digit growth in Sept 2016: APCMA
The cement sector of Pakistan registered a double digit growth in exports during the month of September 2016 by exporting dispatches of 0.523 million tons mainly due to nominal increase in exports to Afghanistan and a healthy increase in export to India. Data released by the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) said that domestic […]
Bhikki power plant will start test production from next month
Secretary Ministry of Water and Power, Younus Dagha Thursday informed by end October that 1,180MW RLNG-fired Bhikki Power Plant will start test production from next month. Dagha said that the coal power plants will produce power only through the locally produced coal and issues of power consignment will be resolved before summer 2018. He stated […]
1300MW power projects planned at port Qasim
Dr Musadik Malik, spokesman to the Prime Minister has said that two mega energy projects through China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would be set up at Port Qasim that would add 1300 MW electricity in national grid. While talking to a private TV channel he said the main focus of CPEC was energy, infrastructure, development, […]