Month: December 2020

Self-Cleaning Tech For Small Off-Grid PV Arrays

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Scientists from Pakistan’s University of Science and Technology (MUST), the University of Poonch Rawalakot, and the Stevens Institute of Technology in the United States have developed a new cleaning mechanism for small-sized standalone PV systems that can be cheaply and efficiently deployed. The proposed system, which the academics describe as an automatic self-cleaning mechanism (ASCM), consists of a mounting structure and a cleaning wiper. They placed the wiper in a suitable position for smooth movement on the surface of the module, supported by a pulley mechanism. They also attached a shutter…

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Mobile Air Quality Monitoring Stations Set Up

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RAWALPINDI: For the first time, an air quality monitoring mobile station was used to monitor air pollution in one of the busiest areas of the city, the Katcheri Chowk, on Wednesday. Results of the monitoring of pollution in the air from various areas of the garrison city are expected on Thursday (today), officials told The Express Tribune. The Automatic Air Quality Mobile Station has been set up at the Rawalpindi Commissioner Office for air pollution monitoring of Katcheri Chowk, district administration Officials said the use of the mobile station would…

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Govt to start Covid-19 Vaccination Drive in April

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will launch a Covid-19 vaccination drive in the second quarter of 2021, providing the vaccine to all citizens free of charge, Nausheen Hamid, parliamentary secretary on Health said on Wednesday. In a tweet and a separate media talk, Hamid said that the federal cabinet had approved initial funds to purchase the vaccine. “PTI government will provide the coronavirus vaccine free of cost to the people. Government will start the vaccination from the second quarter of 2021,” she tweeted. Hamid told a private TV channel that phase 3 clinical…

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Britain Sees Vast Trade Opportunities In Pakistan

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There are vast trade and investment opportunities in Pakistan, especially in Karachi, which is an international economic centre, said British Deputy High Commissioner Mike Nithariankis. He stated that the UK mission was further trying to promote economic cooperation between the two countries including a boost to trade and investment. “My job is to bring more British people to see enormous trade and investment opportunities, as in Pakistan there is peace, security and better business environment,” he emphasised while speaking at a gathering of aspirants for the Civil Superior Services (CSS).…

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Govt Set To Lift Ban On New Gas Connections

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The government is set to remove the moratorium on new gas connections to industrial and captive power consumers in Balochistan. The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCOE) will take decision on the matter in its meeting. Owing to the increasing gap between demand and supply of natural gas in the country, the then prime minister, in his directive on April 18, 2011, imposed a moratorium on the provision of new industrial and commercial gas connections across the country with immediate effect for a period of six months. Subsequently, while considering a…

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