Category: News & Announcement

The first part of this article, published on Dec 9, highlighted how China is dominating the global production of lithium ion batteries (LIBs) and how Pakistan stands to learn from its experience. Globally, electric vehicles (EVs) have been the main drivers of investment in LIB production. LIBs constitute 40-50 per cent of the cost of an EV. Over 80pc of the future LIB demand is expected to come from EVs. The remaining demand will come from applications like stationary storage and consumer electronics. The government recently announced its National Electric Vehicles Policy…

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KARACHI: Ignoring public safety concerns and environment, the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) recently allowed M/s Pakistan International Bulk Terminal (PIBT) Limited to build a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal project at its existing facility.The approval to the project which involves transfer of LPG from carrier vessels to the pipelines that would carry it to the customer storage facility has come more than five months after the department had shared the project`s environmental impact assessment (EIA) report at a public hearing.Sources said that the department had granted a no-objection certificate…

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As winters grip the country, the gas crisis in Sindh has worsened, with CNG stations facing 90-hour load-shedding, leaving the public transport unavailable on the roads. As per details, the gas crisis in Sindh has turned pretty severe, with CNG stations closed from 2pm on Tuesday afternoon due to reduced gas pressure in the Sui Southern Gas Company’s (SSGC) system, which will be open at 8am on Saturday. Public rush to CNG stations but have to return empty handed while industrialists have said that the unavailability of gas due to…

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The closure does not affect five zero-rated sectors in the province, says SNGPL spokesperson. — Dawn/File LAHORE: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL) on Thursday halted gas supply to general industry — fertiliser, manufacturing and compressed natural gas sectors — to meet energy needs of around six million domestic consumers in Punjab. “In the wake of increasing gas consumption of domestic sector due to the current cold wave in the country, SNGPL has decided to temporarily discontinue gas supply to general industry and CNG sector. “However, gas supply to…

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Pakistan is aiming to set up a carbon emission market and partner itself with China, the world’s biggest polluter. “We are looking at a credit-based market initially, which means you can offset in Pakistan and you can sell to bilateral countries,” said Malik Amin Aslam, quoted Bloomberg. The advisor informed the establishment of market would allow Pakistan expand their global trade in pollution credits and also help Chinese companies offset the emissions they produce.  “The benefit that we will get is that our environmental compliance will be met, and they will…

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