Year: 2020

Integrated plan afoot to generate 100,000 MW through indigenous resources: Omar Ayub

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ISLAMABAD, Jul 27 (APP):Minister for Power Division Omar Ayub Khan on Monday informed the Senate that the government had an integrated plan to generate 100,000 MW by 2047 through indigenous resources to ensure energy security and boost industries.  Winding up discussion on a motion that this House may discuss the issue of increase in circular debt beyond Rs 1660 million, moved by Mushtaq Ahmad, the minister said share of indigenous energy would be enhanced to 80 per cent to get rid of expensive energy based on imported fuel. He said…

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Coal Ventures In Pakistan Cause Idividuals dislodging And Filthy Water

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They said coal projects were causing the displacement of people and polluting drinking water and affecting the environment. The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum organised the conference on ‘air pollution and groundwater’ in the coastal neighbourhood of Ibrahim Hyderi. The moot followed SOPs as the distance of six feet among the seating of participants was maintained. PFF chairman Muhammad Ali Shah said coal power plants at the coastal belt of the country had blocked creeks of fishermen and polluted marine resources. “Pakistan was going behind coal power projects at the time when…

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The Cript and The Quad

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The $400 billion strategic partnership between Iran and China is a milestone in the rise of the Middle Hemisphere. It’s somewhat like the Monroe Doctrine of 1923 when the US realized that it didn’t need to physically take over other countries when there were less bloody and messy ways of establishing economic dominance in the Western Hemisphere. Through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) China has already invested billions in every major South Asian and Middle-Eastern country. Alongside the comprehensive cooperation deal between Iran and China came the news that…

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Provincial Govt To Launch Small Scale Power Projects Under Roshan Balochistan Programme

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ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 27th Jul, 2020 ) :The Balochistan government has been planning to launch small scale power projects under Roshan Balochistan programme which would be handed over to Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO). The energy generated from the small scale power projects could be used for street lights and water supply tube wells, the sources in Balochistan government told APP. Under Roshan Balochistan programme, power supply projects would be formulated at a specific location in off-grid areas which would benefit the people of…

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SSGC invites bids to import 7,500MT LPG for winter

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KARACHI: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has invited bids from suppliers for the provision of 7,500MT of imported LPG in three parcels of 2,500MT each, to be delivered in October, a statement said on Monday. The southern gas utility supplies synthetic natural gas (SNG) during high demand as an alternative to piped gas, it added. SSGC was already setting up LPG air mix plants in remote areas of Sindh and Balochistan where conventional pipelines cannot be laid. LPG is mixed with air to produce synthetic gas for onward supply…

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