Month: July 2020

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court of Islamabad has declared Shahidul Islam, former managing director of the Pakistan State Oil (PSO), a proclaimed offender in a case pertaining to the LNG scam that also involved former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. The accountability judge ordered the authorities concerned to block his national identity card. The decision to start the proceedings of proclamation of the accused was taken after a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor informed the judge that the accused had fled abroad. The prosecutor said the accused had intentionally flown out…

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It’s the beginning of the end for the era of mega-dam building in China. China Three Gorges Corp. last week turned on the first set of generators at the massive Wrongdoer hydro power plant, deep in the mountains of Yunnan province. About 170 kilometers (106 miles) downstream on the Jinsha River sits Tibetan, the last of its kind, scheduled to go into operation next year. At full run, the two sites will produce more electricity than every power plant in the Philippines combined. They’re the final two mega-dams in a Chinese…

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The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast rain showers in Karachi from Monday till Wednesday. A dust storm or heavy winds are likely to blow at a speed of 40km/hr to 50km/hr across the city before the rain. The Met Office has advised people to remain at home since the city might witness rain with thunderstorm, followed by urban flooding. The temperature is likely to drop from tomorrow (Saturday) but humidity might increase. As the monsoon season is about to begin in Pakistan, authorities have began cleaning drains. On Friday, Sindh…

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Experts have agreed that district-based generation of electricity from renewable energy sources offers more benefits to Pakistan compared to the centralised generation system of large-scale power plants scattered across the country. At a webinar titled “Energy Investments and Planning” on Friday, they were of the unanimous view that small solar and wind power plants should be installed where the potential of energy generation was high as opposed to establishing large solar parks and wind power plants. World Bank Renewable Energy Consultant Ermeena Malik was of the view that underserved areas…

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NEW DELHI: Pakistan has moved two divisions of troops along the LoC in occupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan and Chinese officials are holding talks with cadres of terrorist outfit Al Badr to incite violence in J&K, as per intelligence inputs, indicating clearer signs of a China-Pak collaboration on the border.

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