12th Fire Safety & Security Convention-2022 Sindh Governor advises citizens to install fire safety systems in every residential, commercial buildings to save lives

Sindh Governor, Kamran Khan Tessori, has said that every owner of a residential and workplace building has to fulfill the civic responsibility of ensuring fire safety measures at the premises where people live or work. The Sindh Governor gave the suggestion to this effect while addressing as the chief guest at the 12th Fire Security & Safety Convention-2022 organized jointly by the National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) and the Fire Protection Industry of Pakistan (FPIP). The Governor praised the NFEH and other concerned civil society organizations, which had…

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Visit of the Prime Minister to Türkiye (25-26 November 2022)

At the invitation of His Excellency President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif will pay a two-day official visit to Türkiye, from 25-26 November 2022. Alongside President Erdogan, the Prime Minister will jointly inaugurate the third of the four MILGEM Corvette Ships for the Pakistan Navy, PNS Khaibar, at the Istanbul Shipyard. The two leaders will also hold wide-ranging discussions encompassing bilateral relations , the regional situation and other issues of common interest. The Prime Minister will interact with leaders of the Turkish business community. The President of…

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Ambassador of Netherlands Henny de Vries called on the Federal Minister for Energy Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan in his office to discuss the issues of mutual interest.

During the meeting, the minister highlighted the initiatives of his government to enhance the share of renewable energy in the energy mix of Pakistan .The minister has said that the government has completed the repair work of electricity infrastructure in flood affected areas in record time.He informed that all the future energy projects would be renewable energy based.The minister reiterated that Pakistan is keen to develop cleaner and environment friendly sources of energy.He further added that Pakistan is introducing policy of wheeling of electricity which would allow power producers to…

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Can Iraq Challenge Saudi Arabia’s Regional Oil Dominance?

Like the first cuckoo of spring, the annual autumn refrain from senior Iraqi oil officials of new production targets has that pleasant ring of the familiar about it to seasoned oil industry watchers. Sometimes it is 6 million barrels per day (bpd), sometimes 7, and sometimes 8, but it always prompts an analysis of the facts and figures that invariably lead to the same conclusion: it could be done but not without some basic changes to Iraq’s oil industry. Last week was heard a similar call as Europe faces an…

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Strike At BP’s Largest European Refinery Could Deepen Diesel Crisis

Refinery workers at BP’s biggest refinery in Europe are on a partial strike over demands for higher wages and will not cooperate in efforts to restart the Rotterdam refinery, which is currently offline. Employees at the 400,000-bpd refinery, a major supplier of diesel to northern Europe, threatened earlier this month to go on a strike if their pay rise demands are not met. The Rotterdam refinery accounts for almost 3% of northern Europe’s refining capacity, and delays to its restart could exacerbate the diesel crunch in Europe.    In early November,…

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