Month: March 2021

Islamabad: Volunteers including men, women and children collected 120 large bags of garbage and trash from three viewpoints of Margallah Hills on Thursday. The spring cleanup activity at Pirsohawa Road was organised under the Prime Minister’s campaign of ‘Clean and Green Pakistan’ by the SMEC Oil & Gas in collaboration with Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB). The Margallah Hills National Park is the hallmark of Islamabad’s beauty. There are many viewpoints established on the Pirsohawa Road from where one can witness breathtaking views of twin cities. Unfortunately, due to apathy…

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ISLAMABAD: Despite financial constraints and substantial increase in the prices of petroleum products at the international market, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has not passed on its impact to the common man by maintaining the rates at lowest level as compared to regional countries. Pakistan is standing atop in providing the low-priced petroleum products for the welfare of its masses among regional countries, and on the 18th position in a list of 167 countries of the world, according to an official document available with APP. The present petroleum rates in…

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KARACHI: The first 450 MW unit of RLNG-based BQPS-III project is scheduled to come online by May 2021 which would help improve K-Electric’s generation fleet efficiency from 38% in FY 2020 to 48% in FY 2023. Chief Financial Officer KE, Aamir Ghaziani, in a corporate briefing held via webinar on Wednesday, reiterated KE’s commitment with taking Karachi to a power surplus position by 2022 and informed that upcoming 900 MW RLNG-based BQPS-III is proceeding as per expected timelines while of renewable energy projects of 350 MW were also in the…

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Again, this sector also needs to be developed around energy-efficient green building concept if we ever want to solve our energy crises. In an efficient environment, building sector consumes about 40% of total energy and in our poorly-designed building environment, we waste too much energy and there is no attempt to follow even the essential requirements of Pakistan Building Energy Code. How can the government allow any building project without enforcing the Energy Code? Another misperception in green concept is that trees “convert” carbon di oxide to oxygen? In reality,…

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