Day: July 10, 2021

Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has awarded a contract worth Rs1.14 billion for unified consultancy services for the Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme (K-IV) to a joint venture through international competitive bidding. The joint venture includes one Austrian and two Pakistani firms. The unified consultancy services agreement consists of design review, detailed engineering design for conveyance system, allied electro-mechanical works, power, coordination for distribution system, preparation of bidding documents and PC-I. The agreement was signed by the K-IV project management and a representative of the joint venture. Talking…

Read More

German carmaker Opel said on Thursday that it would stop producing cars with internal combustion engines in Europe by 2028, one of the most ambitious greening targets in the accelerating shift to electric vehicles. Carmakers around the world have started setting timetables to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles in the face of increasingly strict anti-pollution standards put in place to fight climate change. But among legacy brands only Jaguar has announced a more ambitious timetable than Opel, saying it aims to have 100% electric vehicle (EV) production by 2025.…

Read More

The Pakistan Railways (PR) is considering a proposal seeking termination of service contract with its oil supplier— the state-owned Pakistan State Oil (PSO)—and joining hands with any private sector oil marketing company (OMC) for better services in future. Keeping in view recommendations of a third party forensic audit, the Railways has also decided to modernise its all 14 fuel storage sites including their maintenance in collaboration with the OMC pledging for the provision of best services in this regard, Dawn has learnt. “We have various issues with our existing oil supply vendor…

Read More

Regarding some reports in a section of media on lesser RLNG supply to the Power Plants in August, a spokesperson of the Ministry of Energy has clarified that Minister for Energy, Muhammad Hammad Azhar has already issued directions to SNGPL to provide them maximum gas supplies in order to ensure seamless power supply during summer months. Accordingly SNGPL has already increased gas supplies to 750mmcfd from 685mmcfd, he added. The spokesperson said that SNGPL was also making efforts to provide maximum RLNG to the Power Sector. The spokesperson said that…

Read More

The federal capital is abuzz with speculation that Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Power and Petroleum Tabish Gauhar will be shown the door for allegedly failing to deal with the recent energy crisis which earned a bad name for the government, well informed sources told Business Recorder. The decision makers, sources said, have already begun contacting some experienced energy sector personnel to offer them the position of SAPM. Sources said Tabish Gauhar is on the defensive these days, especially after his negative remarks about the CPEC projects in…

Read More