Category: News & Announcement

In the wake of fast spreading coronavirus in the country, Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to announce a relief package for domestic consumers and industry today.    In Twitter posts, the Ministry of Energy said: “Due to Corona situation, the Federal Govt is working on a relief package in the Power Sector  for the businesses and the people of the entire country. On Monday a high level meeting is to be chaired by the Prime Minister in this regard”. “A lot of work is already going on in the…

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Lahore – March 21, 2020: WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (Retd), in his message on the occasion of World Water Day to be observed on March 22, said climate change has been impacting the availability of surface water in Pakistan, as climate and water are inextricably interlinked. In order to tackle the adverse impact of climate change vis-à-vis water security in the country, a multi-pronged strategy needs to be devised at the national level. Dilating upon the grim water scenario, WAPDA Chairman said the per capita water availability in Pakistan…

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Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has directed electricity and gas companies (KE, KESCO, SEPCO and SSGC) to not collect payments of bills for the month of March for consumers whose electricity bill is less than Rs5,000 and gas bill is less than Rs2,000. He further said that the amount can be recovered in small installments over the next 10 months. The chief minister added that gas and electricity connections will not be cut during the next two months.

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DUBAI: Del Monte, a leading provider of fresh, healthy and great-tasting food to consumers around the globe, is continuing its sustainability drive by exerting more efforts in several fields such as waste management. The company carefully recycles cartons, plastic, nylon bags, metaletc.and has partnerships withvarious waste management companies for kinds of repurposed wasteto achieve its sustainability objectives. “Our commercial operations go hand-in-hand with our sustainability efforts which have always been a part of Del Monte’s DNA since its early days,” commented Taymour Shukri, the Regional QA & HSE Manager, Del…

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The eight-member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), including China, Russia, and Pakistan, have made the principle decision to conduct bilateral trade and investment and issue bonds in local and national currencies instead of US dollars. As per details, a road map will be finalized and signed at SCO’s Finance Ministers’ meeting in Moscow on March 18th. Russia, as chairman of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, has called for suggestions from all member states for trade and investment in local currencies. After a detailed review of these proposals in Moscow’s…

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