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LAHORE – In a bold step toward combating Punjab’s growing environmental challenges, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has announced a sweeping expansion of the Environmental Protection Force (EPF), with 1,000 new officers and personnel to be recruited by September 2025. The initiative marks a significant upgrade from the force’s original deployment of 250 personnel, transforming it from a basic regulatory entity into a high-tech, rapid-response environmental task force. According to the Punjab Environment Protection Department, the new EPF will utilize advanced tools such as drones, satellite monitoring, mobile air and water…

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GHOTKI/KANDHKOT – Pakistan is building what is set to become South Asia’s longest river bridge — the 12.5-kilometer Ghotki-Kandhkot Bridge in Sindh — with completion targeted by 2028 at a cost of Rs30.5 billion. “This will be the longest river bridge in the entire South Asian region,” stated Syed Qasim Naveed Qamar, Special Assistant to the Chief Minister of Sindh on Investment and Public-Private Partnership, during a meeting with the business community on Thursday. Construction on the project has been progressing steadily for the past two years. Once completed, the…

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ISLAMABAD – Supreme Court Judge Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail on Thursday called for the formal recognition of mining as an industry in Pakistan, citing the hazardous and often inhumane working conditions faced by miners, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Speaking at a high-level national conference themed “Workers and Employers in 2025: Navigating Change with Harmony”, Justice Mandokhail stressed that mining’s status as an informal sector has left thousands of workers vulnerable and without proper legal protections. He urged the government to introduce comprehensive legal and administrative reforms to safeguard…

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London, UK: Trans Global Projects (TGP) has announced the appointment of Michael Andrews as Business Development Director, effective 1 May 2025. In this global role, Andrews will be based at TGP’s new headquarters in Sevenoaks, UK. With over 37 years of experience in project logistics and business development, Andrews brings a wealth of international expertise to the position. Most recently, he served as Business Development Manager for Project Logistics Asia Pacific at Kuehne + Nagel in Singapore. Prior to that, he held a similar role at Qube International and spent…

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ISLAMABAD – The government plans to save Rs4,743 billion (USD 17 billion) by excluding 7,967MW of high-cost energy projects and adjusting project timelines under the revised Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP) 2024–2034, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Thursday. The decision was made during a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, aimed at reducing electricity tariffs and advancing sustainable reforms in Pakistan’s energy sector. The revised IGCEP will prioritise indigenous resources and alternative energy sources—such as solar, hydropower, and nuclear—over expensive imported…

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