Category: Past Events

1st LPG Conference January 11, 2007, Islamabad – Pakistan Liberalization and Deregulation does not absolve the Government of its responsibilities: Ahmed Waqar, Secretary Petroleum ISLAMABAD: Government’s policy of deregulation has resulted in the growth of the LPG sector in Pakistan and from 15 companies in the year 2000, now there are over 40 engaged in the business. However, the inputs from regulators like OGRA should not be viewed as interference as deregulation does not absolve the government of its responsibilities. This was stated by the Secretary Petroleum, Ahmed Waqar, while…

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Conference on Power Generation Power-Gen Pak, April 06, 2007, Islamabad – Pakistan Country’s Power Generation Capacity To Be Enhanced ISLAMABAD – Secretary Water and Power Ashfaq Mehmood on Friday said the power generation capacity will be enhanced to meet the growing power demand in the country. Addressing the conference on Power Generation issues, challenges and development “Power-Gen Pakistan-2007”, arranged by Energy Update, he said the government is committed to provide electricity to every nook and corner of the country.He said to cater to the energy needs of this developing economy,…

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Pakistan has been incurring a loss of about $ 3 billion per annum on account of infrastructure and industrial corrosion and it needs a comprehensive “national strategy” for corrosion control. This was stated by the engineers and experts at a conference on “Corrosion, Prevention and Management”, organized by National Forum for Environment & Health (NFEH) at a local hotel here on Thursday.They said that the losses of corrosion can be minimized by creating awareness among the society about its damages and by using new technologies for corrosion prevention. Sindh Minister…

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