Category: News & Announcement

State Minister for National Health Services Dr Zafar Mirza will inaugurate the day-long 5th Pakistan Pharma Summit at a hotel in Islamabad on 19th February, 2020. The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) is organizing the 5th Pharma Summit to discuss in detail issues related to functioning, regulation, control, growth, and advancement of the Pakistani pharmaceutical industry. The title of this year’s summit is “Mastering innate strengths and acquiring new capabilities”. Prof Dr Zaheer-ud-Din Babar, Professor of Medicines and Healthcare at the University of Huddersfield, will be the keynote speaker at the inaugural of…

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There have been news headlines in the past few months about severe energy curtailment from wind based private power projects. These are disturbing since wind being a renewable resource and providing cheap energy to the grid, should not be subject to any unnecessary curtailment. It is praiseworthy that National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) took notice of these news reports and decided to hold a consultative meeting with the representatives of wind power plants at Jhimpir, Thatta on 6th February 2020. NEPRA had invited in this meeting participants from other federal government agencies such as…

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Canadian High Commissioner (HC) to Pakistan Wendy Gilmour Monday called on Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Petroleum Nadeem Babar and said her country looked Pakistan’s energy sector as ‘great potential’ market ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 10th Feb, 2020 ) :Canadian High Commissioner (HC) to Pakistan Wendy Gilmour Monday called on Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Petroleum Nadeem Babar and said her country looked Pakistan‘s energy sector as ‘great potential’ market. She commended initiatives taken by Pakistan to facilitate ease of doing business in its energy sector and remarked Canada looked at Pakistani energy market as…

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ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Monday notified an increase in the prices of re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) for February 2020, which in result would jack up the per-unit prices of electricity in the country. The oil and gas regulator has set the new price at $11.1975 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and $11.1943 per unit for Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC). In the previous month, the same for SNGPL was $10.4822 per MMBtu, while it was $10.4602 per…

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The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has resolved the commodity provision issue within five kilometers radius of Dhoke Hussain field, situated in Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtnunkhwa, in consultation with local representatives and administration ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 10th Feb, 2020 ) :The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has resolved the commodity provision issue within five kilometers radius of Dhoke Hussain field, situated in Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtnunkhwa, in consultation with local representatives and administration. “Now, the issue stands resolved and the company will soon start…

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