Month: July 2023

Matiari-Lahore HVDC transmission project unique in nature

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Matiari-Lahore

LAHORE: As the sun rises and street lights turn off in Lahore, capital of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, Zubair Tufail, an electrical engineer also starts his daily work at a converter station of ±660 kilovolt Matiari-Lahore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project in a suburb of Lahore, where he works as team supervisor of operations. A 26-year-old native of Lahore, Tufail joined the project after graduating from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. “Initially, we were just fresh engineers from the university and there was no other HVDC project…

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China names Jiang as new ambassador to Pakistan

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Jiang-Zaidong

ISLAMABAD: China has nominated Jiang Zaidong as the new ambassador to Pakistan after six months, it was learnt on Sunday. According to reports, Jiang Zaidong will assume the charge soon. He is a senior official at China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and an experienced diplomat. New envoys for China, Russia appointed The post of a permanent Chinese ambassador to Pakistan was vacant since the return of former ambassador Nong Rong to China. Pang Chunxue, Charge d’ Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan, has been performing her duties as an…

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Dar informs Senate: Forex reserves rise to around $14bn

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Ishaq-Dar

ISLAMABAD: Finance, Revenue Minister Ishaq Dar claimed in the Senate on Sunday that Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserved increased from “$ 8 billion dollars to around $ 14 billion due to the prudent economic policies of the government.” He said the government “managed to achieve this objective with the generous support from friendly countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar and China”. “China rolled over our loans, when it realised that Pakistan had met all the technicalities in this regard,” Dar claimed. SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $541mn, stand at $8.19bn The minister…

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CPEC likely to get fresh impetus

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Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal says Pakistan expects speedy progress in the second phase (2030) of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor following visit of China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said on Sunday that Pakistan expects speedy progress in the second phase (2030) of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) following visit of China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng. Addressing a press conference, the minister said that He Lifeng role has been very important in making CPEC successful after becoming Chairman National Development Reform…

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140 Years of Wind Power: As the World Reaches 1 Mio MW, New Discovery Shows that the World’s First Wind Generator Was Installed in 1883

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140 Years of Wind Power: The World Reaches 1 Million Megawatt New Discovery: Austrian Engineer Josef Friedländer installed the first wind generator in Vienna already in 1883 Bonn, 31 July 2023 (WWEA) – Mankind has been making use of the power of the wind for thousands of years. The first machines driven by wind in forms of wind mills were invented more than 1000 years ago, potentially even much earlier. When human beings started to use electricity, several engineers in various countries began soon experiments how wind energy could be…

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