Month: September 2021

Out dated thinking on power sector

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Some foreign consultant must have told this gas thing to CCoE in English, otherwise we have been telling this to them since 2015. Still it is not energy efficiency they are striving for but to utilize excess “must run” capacity they have contracted. Unfortunately their thinking is outdated and they would be trading one evil with the other. The increase in parasitic domestic load in winter won’t help much apart from saving a little bit of gas.The GoP should look for more industrial load and stop importing engineering goods (and…

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Adapting to Salinity in the Southern Indus Basin project launched in Karachi

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The launch of the ‘Adapting to Salinity in the Southern Indus Basin (ASSIB’) project, funded by the Australian government through the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), took place at a local hotel in Karachi today by way of a stakeholder inception workshop attended by representatives from government, academia, NGOs, and communities living in salinity-affected areas of Pakistan. The ASSIB project aims to develop and investigate adaptation options and strategies with people managing and living in salinity affected agricultural landscapes in the Indus Basin areas of south Punjab and…

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Getz Pharma Pvt. Limited and IBA sign an MOU to establish perpetual scholarship options for deserving NTHP students

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Khalid Mahmood, Managing Director and CEO Getz Pharma Pvt. Ltd Executive Director, IBA Karachi, Dr. S. Akbar Zaidi, signed a joint MoU to provide financial assistance to deserving students. Getz Pharma (Pvt) Ltd, Pakistan’s leading pharmaceutical company and the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, the country’s prestigious higher education institution, have partnered to establish Getz Pharma Endowment Fund. The initiative aims to advance the Institute’s financial assistance program for its deserving students selected from all over the country. Through this partnership, Getz Pharma will financially support students chosen from…

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Chinese companies to invest $15bn in petrochemicals sector

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Chinese companies are ready to invest $15 billion in Pakistan’s petrochemicals sector in Gwadar, including the project of energy pipeline from Gwadar to China. In this regard, Board of Investment (BOI) Federal Secretary Fareena Mazhar on Sunday said bilateral talks were underway for investment in various projects related to Chinese investment in Pakistan. It was hoped that in the future, Chinese companies would bring investment in Pakistan in the fields of energy, agriculture, tourism and others. She said the government wanted to promote Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) culture in…

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NEPRA’s Authority Visits Wind Power Plants At Jhimpir, Thatta

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Chairman National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) Tauseef H. Farooqi along with other members Rafique Ahmad Shaikh, Engr Maqsood Anwar Khan and CSR consultant, Huma Zafar Sunday visited Gul Ahmed, Master Wind Energy & Tricon Boston Wind Power Plants located in the wind corridor in Jhimpir, District Thatta, Sindh. The visit aimed at observing the level of performance and delivery of the wind power projects ensuring that along with the quality services, power also brings prosperity for the local underprivileged communities by providing them basic needs and employment opportunities, said…

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