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WAPDA Engineering Academy (WEA) is playing a key role in the training of Engineers, Engineers from all over Pakistan are getting excellent results through utilizing this training in their professional life, these views were expressed by the Chairman Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) Board of Directors (BODs) Malik Tahseen Awan during his visit to WAPDA Engineering Academy Faisalabad. He said that WEA would be given the status of a university in future. He further said that engineers should maintain their individual identity and use all their skills to resolve the…

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday directed the authorities concerned to replace the outdated power grid of Chitral with modern infrastructure to ensure uninterrupted of electricity to residents. He asked the Ministry of Power to collaborate with Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Board and devise a strategy in this regard. Chairing a high-level meeting to address the problems of electricity in Chitral, the prime minister directed Minister for Power Khurram Dastagir Khan, and the Secretary Power Division to submit a report in this regard after holding a meeting in Peshawar. PM Sharif…

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India has asked Pakistan to change a decades-old water-sharing agreement by barring third parties from intervening in disputes, an Indian government source said, a suggestion likely to rile Islamabad. The neighbours have been arguing over hydroelectric projects on the shared Indus river and its tributaries for many years – a dispute exacerbated by their standoff over Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Pakistan is concerned that India’s planned hydropower dams will cut flows on the river, which feeds 80% of its irrigated agriculture. Over the years it has asked…

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Minister of State for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik on Thursday said Pakistan would sign an agreement with Russia in March to get inexpensive crude oil besides a ‘holistic energy security plan’ by the year-end, which would be beneficial for both countries. “In March, all commercial terms of the agreement will be finalized with Russia, following which low-cost crude oil will start arriving in Pakistan. It will be beneficial for both countries,” he said while addressing a news conference here. Besides, the minister said a ‘holistic energy security plan’ between Pakistan…

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Nawaf Saeed A. Almalkiy, Ambassador and Commercial Attache of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan called on Federal Minister for Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar here, said a press release issued by the Ministry of Commerce. Syed Naveed Qamar highlighted the need to enhance cooperation in the field of trade and investment between the countries and emphasized the need for closer economic ties. He said that the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Islamabad is making its utmost efforts to promote the economic relationship between the two countries and thanked Nawaf…

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