Diamer-Bhasha dam – NESPAK wins Engineering Consultancy Services
National Engineering Services Pakistan (Pvt) Limited has secured a short-term assignment to provide engineering consultancy services for the Diamer Bhasha Dam Project through competitive bidding. An agreement has been signed between WAPDA and NESPAK to that effect. NESPAK will undertake review of evaluation of prequalification of applications submitted by contractors, review of bidding documents and […]
PEC assistance urged in development projects
Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) is one of the only institutions which possess the expertise, experience and skilled manpower to put the country on the track of economic development through innovations. It is the responsibility of PEC to assist the government through provision of workable suggestions regarding energy and water crisis, construction of dams and construction […]
IT and Telecom being declared Industry
The Prime Minister Taskforce on Information Technology and Telecom has finalized its decision to declare IT and Telecom sector as an industry. This decision was taken in the first meeting of Prime Minister Taskforce on IT and Telecom. Legal formalities and processes regarding the matter will be undertaken very soon. The meeting formulated three sub-task […]
International Housing Conference to be held in January
Punjab Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering Mian Mahmood-ur-Rashid announced to the press that an international housing conference will be held in January to attract international construction companies for the construction of the envisioned 5 Million houses under ‘Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme’ (NPHS). According to sources a committee has also been constituted […]
NUST wins Telenor Hackfest 2018
The team from NUST School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (SEECS) won the Telenor DigiGov Hackfest 2018, held at Telenor HQ from December 14-16, 2018. The competition was aimed at finding innovative solutions to address social problems of Pakistan. SEECS team came up with “RealPharma” which is a start-up aimed at eliminating counterfeit medicines […]
CPEC JCC – Pakistan’s industries and exports revival is targeted
8th meeting of CPEC JCC held in Beijing in last decade of December 2018. Federal Minister for Planning Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar co-chaired the meeting with Chinese Vice Chairman of NDRC Ning Jizhe. Both sides agreed that CPEC has outgrown the neonatal phase and is now mature enough to step into the next chapter of development […]