Day: February 9, 2024

Simi Kamal appointed Chair of the board International Water management Institute

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Water-Management

Karachi, February 9, 2024 Simi Kamal, one of Pakistan’s leading geographers, has recently been appointed as Chair of the Board of International Water Management Institute (IWMI). With 40 years of experience in water, environment, food security, and related sectors, Ms Kamal is also well-known globally and nationally in social development and women empowerment circles.Headquartered in Sri Lanka, IWMI is a globally renowned research-for-development organisation with offices in 15 countries. With its vision of achieving a water-secure world, IWMI has contributed to social and economic development through impactful research results. IWMI…

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Balochistan installs modern solar facilities

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Province has solar energy potential of 2,900 gigawatts ISLAMABAD: Balochistan Caretaker Chief Minister Mir Ali Mardan Khan Domki has inaugurated an extensive solarisation project to shift various public department buildings including educational institutions, healthcare facilities and civic departments onto renewable energy that will provide clean, affordable and uninterrupted power supply to public facilities in the province. The Balochistan government, with the support of Chinese government, has completed the solarisation of 12 educational institutions, computer labs and hospitals that have been equipped with modern solar power facilities. Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan…

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Govt to permit re-export of oil by foreign suppliers

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Move aims to streamline trade processes, involves amendments to Customs Rules, 2001 ISLAMABAD: The federal government has announced plans to permit the import, local sale, and re-export of petroleum products facilitated by foreign suppliers. This decision, aimed at streamlining trade processes, involves amendments to the Customs Rules, 2001, introducing the Customs Bonded Facilitation Rules, 2024. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has initiated amendments to the Customs Rules, 2001, incorporating the Customs Bonded Facilitation Rules, 2024, according to documents available to The Express Tribune. Stakeholders are currently being consulted, with…

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Costly energy diminishes consumers’ purchasing power, warns Nepra

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Nepra

ISLAMABAD: Amid ongoing engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for further electricity tariff reforms involving increases for residential and reductions for industrial consumers, the country’s power sector regulator, Nepra, has warned the government that its compulsions to pass on full costs coupled with historically highest inflationary spree in the country was diminishing the purchasing capacity of the consumers. Last week, the caretakers shared with the IMF its plans to further ‘rationalise’ electricity prices through a reduction in subsidies for residential and agricultural consumers and tariff cuts for the industries…

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Alarmed by internet restrictions, US slams poll-related violence

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WASHINGTON: The US State Department on Thursday expressed concern over election-related violence and restrictions on internet and cellular access in Pakistan on the polling day. At a daily news briefing, Vedant Patel, the principal deputy spokesperson, also underscored the importance of a transparent and unrestricted electoral process. When asked if the United States would accept the results of a tainted election, Mr Patel said: “We are going to continue to monitor the electoral process. We are not going to get ahead of any official results. And we want to see…

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