UET Lahore organised Workshop on water management

The Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Engineering (CEWRE) University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore organized a two-day workshop on “GIS Application and Spatial Data Analysis for Water Management”.  Vice Chancellor UET Lahore Prof Dr Syed Mansoor Sarwar participated as Chief Guest at the ceremony. The main objective of this workshop was to shed […]

Govt approves establishment of Technology Park and Marble City for Karachi

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah while presiding over a meeting of Public Private Partnership Policy Board approved the establishment of Technology Park and Marble City for Karachi. Both the projects will be created under the public private partnership (PPP) mode. Under the Special Economic Zones Act 2012, both the projects will have the status […]

IT board of KP and Punjab to work together

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB) and Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to ensure cooperation. As per the MoU, both the boards will avail of each other’s experiences and innovation in a way to learn from it and also avoid duplication of efforts and thus improve output and […]

ECNEC not impressed with CASA-1000 project

Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) headed by Finance Advisor Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has raised a number of valid questions regarding the feasibility of Central Asia South Asia-1000 (CASA-1000) project. This project is meant to import 1300 MW electricity from Tajikistan and Kyrgyz republic to Pakistan and Afghanistan during summer and export the […]

Agreement signed for rehabilitation of Dargai and Chitral Hydropower Projects

French Agency for Development is working in Pakistan providing technical and financial support in energy sector and has committed euros 315 million financial support since 2016.  France will now provide Credit Facility worth euros 50 million and a grant of euros 0.2 million for rehabilitation of Dargai and Chitral Hydropower Projects. Secretary Economic Affairs Division […]

20 Projects completed in Karachi 17 more nearing completion

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah while talking to the media during his surprise visit to different construction sites in the city said that 20 different schemes including Manzil Pump flyover, University Road, Tariq Road, Mosmiyat Road, Hub River Road, Drig Road underpass, bridge at Intersection of Sunset Boulevard and others have been completed […]

Tauseef H. Farooqi appointed Chairman Nepra

After months of deliberation and rigorous testing, Tauseef H. Farooqi has been appointed as Chairman Nepra. The regulator has to take key decisions in the coming months including passing the cost of circular debt as agreed with the IMF and Net Hydel Profits (NHPs) being advocated by a strong political lobby belonging to the Province […]

Pakistan to add 7,730 MW to the national grid through renewable energy

The Senate Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Reforms met at the Parliament house with Senator Agha Shahzaib Durrani in the chair. The committee was told that the renewable energy projects to be completed in near future include 19 projects of a total of 531MW electricity, 22 projects of a total of 1199.3MW and 104 […]