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Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey on Monday stressed on the need to convert sugar factories into a hub of bio-energy and other value-added products to become self-reliant. He also said there is a greater need for developing flexi sugar factories producing sugar and ethanol as per relative economics and market demand. The secretary was speaking after inaugurating a five-day online executive development programme organised by Kanpur-based National Sugar Institute. Around 100 senior executives from India and overseas sugar industries participated. “He stressed upon converting sugar factories into a hub of bio-energy…

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H.E Mr Tarek Dahrough, Ambassador of Arabic Republic of Egypt to Pakistan called on Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Petroleum Mr Nadeem Babar at the Ministry of Petroleum today. The Ambassador was leading a delegation of an Egyptian Energy Company TAQA with focus to explore the business opportunities in the field of energy sector of Pakistan. The SAPM gave an overview of Pakistan’s Energy Sector and the presented Government’s earnest endeavours in reforming the energy sector of the country. He said that these efforts are being personally overseen by…

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ISLAMABAD: After its hibernation for almost a decade, the government has decided to reactivate the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) for centralised control and monitoring of all the 10 public sector distribution companies (Discos) as part of a reforms process that may ultimately lead to their privatisation. Under the plan, the Pepco will act as “Management Agent” for all the Discos through a Management Agent Agreement (MMA) with the approval of the respective boards of directors for assisting the Privatisation Commission or any other agency or department in implementing the…

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EPT directed SBCA to not approve the building plan without SEPA approval. As SEPA welcomes that order similarly it should respect compliance to other laws and without NOC from the culture department EIA review is not justified. Report is silent on the heritage status of the building, if removed from the heritage list, how and when it was removed.  Most of the data on air quality is old page 106 to 109 of the report 2007 Proponent’s another project Clifton Icon is violator of social and environmental approval. Even few…

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KARACHI: For over a month, Prince Cinema — one of Karachi’s oldest picture houses — has been in the process of being razed to the ground. According to the billboard placed outside the gate, it is set to become the new home for a high-rise building called ‘Prince Icon’. Walking through the rubble towards the main cinema screen, it looked like the last five minutes of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic Jurassic Park — cranes and bulldozers were placed in a similar position like raptors and T-Rex getting ready for a…

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