Neelum Jhelum Project 1st unit starts providing electricity to National Grid
Following completion of its reliability test and adjustments thereafter, the first unit of Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project has started providing electricity to the National Grid. The unit will contribute 242.25 MW power to its full capacity to the system for one month (reliability period) after which its commercial operation will commence. In yet another significant […]
Narowal, Sialkot: Work on 2 road projects started
PM to perform groundbreaking of two road projects, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi performed the groundbreaking of two road projects in Narowal and Sialkot, which will be completed with an estimated cost of Rs 19.3 billion. These projects include construction of 4-lane Narowal–Lahore-Sialkot Motorway link highway and dualization and improvement of Sialkot-Pasrur Road to be […]
Motorway M-5 Multan-Shujabad section inaugurated
Multan-Shjuabad section of Sukkar-Multan Motorway (M-5) along with Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Bridge over Indus River is formally inaugurated by PM Shahid Khaqan in last week of May.Opening of the motorway section will facilitate fast and easy communication between Multan and Shujabad. The 349 kilometer (km) long Sukkur-Multan Motorway is being constructed under the banner of […]
MoU signed with Chinese firm on water for Gwadar
QUETTA: The government of Balochistan has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Chinese company to provide clean drinking water to the residents of Gwadar. Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo and Chief Executive of China’s Overseas Holding Company Zhang Baozang signed the MoU at a ceremony here on Sunday. Provincial Minister for […]
Motorways Inaugurated Sharqpur – Rajana Section of M-3 Gojra – TobaTek Singh Section of M-4
The Prime Ministe inaugurated the Sharqpur -Rajana Section of Lahore-Abdul Hakeem Motorway (M-3) and Gojra-Toba Tek Singh Section of Faisalabad-Multan Motorway (M-4) on May 28, 2018. The Sharqpur-Rajana Section of Lahore – Abdul Hakeem Motorway will reduce the traffic congestion drastically, particularly the heavy traffic on G.T. Road (N-5) and will also attract maximum passenger […]
Mobile sets manufacturing needs to encourage:PBIF
KARACHI: President of Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), Mian Zahid Hussain, has said that five companies have submitted applications for setting up assembly line of mobile sets manufacturing, which is need of the time in view of high use of mobile phones in the country. Talking to the business community, he said, this would […]
Matiari to Lahore 600KV transmission line Power division signed agreements with State Grid China
ISLAMABAD: Power Division of Pakistan and State Grid Corporation of China, signed agreements in the presence of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for construction of 878 kilometers 600 KV HVDC Bipole Transmission Line from Matiari to Lahore. The signing ceremony was held at the PM House. Under the agreements, which are part of the Pakistan […]
Kishanganga dam issue raised with WB
Although it is one of the best example of poor and delayed planning and decision making by the governments, Pakistan has finally decided to take up Kishanganga and other dams and water issues by India with world bank. Pakistan Ambassador to the United States Aizaz Chaudhry while addressing a seminar titled “Pakistan and the United […]
Jhimpir power plant commences commercial operation
Jhimpir Power, Burj Capital’s first project in its 500MW renewable asset platform in Pakistan, has now achieved commercial operations. The plant was inaugurated in early May. Burj Capital is a Dubai based investment firm engaged in renewable power development focusing on both utility scale and distributed generation strategies. The wind project is located in Jhimpir, […]
NHA escalates PC-I for Islamabad-Muzaffarabad Road Project
ISLAMABAD: National Highway Authority (NHA) has revised upward the PC-I for construction of Islamabad-Muzaffarabad Road Project (E-75) from Rs8.24 billion to Rs12.66 billion. Revised PC-I for construction of Islamabad-Muzaffarabad Road Project (E-75) recommended by The National Highway Authority (NHA) Executive Board for approval of Central Development Working Party (CDWP)/Executive Committee of the National Economic Council […]
Long-delayed Islamabad Airport finally takes off
Long-delayed first ever greenfield Islamabad International Airport, replacing the tiny overcrowded Benazir Bhutto airport, is finally inaugurated by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ending the congestion which had frustrated air travel in the past. A pilot of national flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) waved national flag out of his cockpit window after landing the […]
1,230MW Haveli Bahadur Shah power project starts generation
ISLAMABAD: 1,230 megawatts Re-gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) based power project in Haveli Bahadur Shah has started generating electricity with world’s highest efficiency rate of 62.5 percent. Minister for Energy (Power Division) Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari announced this while chairing the 116th meeting of the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB). He said China-Pakistan Economic […]