Category: Highlights

The National Vocational and Technical Training Commission’s (NAVTTC) initiative for establishing job placement centres with dedicated resources is linking Pakistani skilled workforce with employers in both national and international job markets. In addition to this, 104 Job Placement and Vocational Counseling Centres (JP&VCCs) have been established across the country for the benefit of youth; NAVTTC Chairman Syed Javed Hassan said this while talking to APP. He said that skill profiles of more than 570,000 Pakistani youth were available on this job portal. NAVTTC was providing free of cost facility to…

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BEIJING: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), as the signature project of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has achieved remarkable results in the first phase of operation. While it enters into a new stage of high-quality development, the establishment of “five corridors” will be enhanced for building a closer China-Pakistan community of shared future, Ning Jizhe, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China, wrote in his latest article. In line with the principles of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, China and Pakistan have set…

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Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has awarded a contract worth Rs1.14 billion for unified consultancy services for the Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme (K-IV) to a joint venture through international competitive bidding. The joint venture includes one Austrian and two Pakistani firms. The unified consultancy services agreement consists of design review, detailed engineering design for conveyance system, allied electro-mechanical works, power, coordination for distribution system, preparation of bidding documents and PC-I. The agreement was signed by the K-IV project management and a representative of the joint venture. Talking…

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German carmaker Opel said on Thursday that it would stop producing cars with internal combustion engines in Europe by 2028, one of the most ambitious greening targets in the accelerating shift to electric vehicles. Carmakers around the world have started setting timetables to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles in the face of increasingly strict anti-pollution standards put in place to fight climate change. But among legacy brands only Jaguar has announced a more ambitious timetable than Opel, saying it aims to have 100% electric vehicle (EV) production by 2025.…

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The Pakistan Railways (PR) is considering a proposal seeking termination of service contract with its oil supplier— the state-owned Pakistan State Oil (PSO)—and joining hands with any private sector oil marketing company (OMC) for better services in future. Keeping in view recommendations of a third party forensic audit, the Railways has also decided to modernise its all 14 fuel storage sites including their maintenance in collaboration with the OMC pledging for the provision of best services in this regard, Dawn has learnt. “We have various issues with our existing oil supply vendor…

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