WAPDA awards contract for Mohmand Dam
Following the World Water Day celebrated last week, Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) takes a giant leap forward for development of precious water resources in the country by awarding the delayed-for-decade contract for civil and electro-mechanical works of Mohmand Dam Project to a Joint Venture (JV) comprising the China Gezhouba Group of Companies […]
BoD of companies under petroleum industry restructured
Ministry of Petroleum has announced that the boards of directors (BoDs) of five public sector companies have been restructured. These companies include Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL), Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), and Pakistan Mineral Development Company (PMDC). For the first time […]
Second plant at Thar coal project to be inaugurated on 10th April
Barrister Murtaza Wahab while talking to the media at Sindh Assembly media corner said that in the first week of April, second power plant at Thar Coal Project will start the production of electricity adding an additional 330 MW to the national grid. PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would formally inaugurate the project on April […]
Naya Pakistan Housing Plan NESPAK won assignment to evaluate Bids
Dr Tahir Masood, Managing Director NESPAK has disclosed in a press release that the National Engineering Services Pakistan (PVT) Limited has won an assignment related to the evaluation of bids/proposals for five million houses under Naya Pakistan Housing Programme. Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) under the patronage of Ministry of Housing & Works, Government […]
Wapda to add 10MAF water storage capacity by 2030
The water storage capacity has declined at an alarming rate in these past few years. According to an estimate the per capita water availability in Pakistan has gone down from 5260 cubic meter in 1951 to an alarming level of 908 cubic meters per annum due to rapid growth in population and depleting water storage […]
Tabeer Energy’s LNG terminal project convinced ESIA
A public hearing on the environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) of proposed LNG Terminal by Tabeer Energy Private Limited was conducted by the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA). M/s EMC Pakistan Private Limited was assigned the task of preparing the ESIA report for the project. The project team leader and senior environmentalist Saquib Ejaz […]