Month: September 2022

Saudi Arabia: man arrested after Mecca pilgrimage for Queen

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Saudi authorities have arrested a man who claimed to have travelled to the Muslim holy city of Mecca to perform an umrah pilgrimage on behalf of Queen Elizabeth The man, a Yemeni national, published a video clip of himself on social media on Monday at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, where non-Muslims are forbidden. In the clip, he held up a banner saying: “Umrah for the soul of Queen Elizabeth II, we ask God to accept her in heaven and among the righteous.” Revealed: jailed Saudi woman…

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Solidarity with Pakistan’s flood victims in the world’s worst climate disaster to date

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WWEA expresses solidarity with the flood victims in Pakistan. The country has been hit by the so far worst single climate disaster. Following extremely heavy monsoon rains, a third of the country is currently under water and more than 30 million people have been directly affected by the floods, many of them lost their homes. WWEA calls on governments and people around the world to support the people of Pakistan in this tragic crisis. Immediate aid is needed to help the country cope with the worst effects of the disaster,…

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Oil crisis feared as 500 tankers stuck in Sindh, Balochistan

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Owners said more than 500 trucks have been left stranded on the roads of the two provinces and the provincial governments have not taken any step to rescue them. The oil supply in the country will be badly affected, if they are not rescued in two days, they warned. All Pakistan Oil Tanker Association Chairman Mir Shams Shahwani said heavy traffic had come to a halt in Sindh, Balochistan and other parts of the country after heavy rains and floods. “Our trucks have been stranded in far-off areas for two…

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OMCs raise concerns on OGRA’s terms of references

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Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have concerns over terms of references (ToRs) to be developed by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) with the specified timeline regarding the deregulation of petroleum products, The News learnt on Monday. The deregulation of prices would provide OMCs the liberty to fix prices of petroleum products based on their cost of local procurement / imports. The rationale of deregulation of prices would enable each OMC to absorb their cost / losses, which were incurred in terms of forex exposure, incidentals, demurrage cost, storage cost…

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PLL, PGPCL to Utilise Excess Capacity

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The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) is likely to approve arrangements between Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) and Pakistan GasPort Consortium Limited (PGPCL) to utilise the excess capacity of an LNG terminal. LNG operators have been urging the government to allow the utilisation of idle capacity of terminals as under-utilisation places a burden of multibillion-rupees on consumers on account of capacity charges. With PLL and PGPCL having reached an understanding to utilise the excess capacity, capacity charges will fall from $0.4177 to $0.383647 per million British thermal units (mmbtu). Despite third-party access…

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