Month: June 2021

Beating other regional players like Bangladesh and India, Pakistan emerged as the ‘Manpower Export Leader’ in the region as around 224,705 workers proceeded to various countries for various job assignments in 2020, despite the coronavirus pandemic. Bangladesh sent 217,699 workers and India 94,145 for employment purpose during the same period, said the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and HR Development while making the comparison in a tweet. “Pakistan becomes a ‘Manpower Export Leader’ in the region despite the pandemic, leaving behind India and Bangladesh in the export of manpower in 2020,”…

Pakistan reported 1,019 new coronavirus cases and 34 deaths during the last 24 hours, which is the lowest number recorded since the country was hit by the third Covid-19 wave this year. The country’s positivity ratio stands at 2.59%, while there are 41,726 active and 2,676 critical cases. During the last 24 hours, 39,214 people were tested for the novel virus, out of which 1,019 tested Covid-19 positive. So far, Pakistan has conducted 13,857,250 tests, out of which 942,189 came out positive. During the last 24 hours, 34 people also…

Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar has disclosed that the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) recently severed additional supply of electricity to Karachi Electric (KE) due to non-payment. He shared this information at a recent meeting presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan when issues related to KE came under discussion. Well-informed sources told Business Recorder that supply to KE was restored after payment of about Rs3 billion to the government and now both the government and the KE are negotiating on various clauses of the new Power Purchase Agreement…

Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh will inaugurate on June 23, 2021 the day-long International Conference on Solar Power as being the clean and abundantly available energy resource in the country.The international conference, being organised by the Energy Update, will also showcase the latest technology available in Pakistan and the rest of the world to ensure maximum utilization of solar power with the least investment.CEO of Alternative Energy Development Board, Shah Jehan Mirza, will deliver the keynote address at the inaugural ceremony of the conference. Chairman of National Electric Power…