Chinese expert delegation travels to Pakistan to conduct catastrophe assessments and provide advice on flood management and disaster mitigation
A Chinese government expert team headed by the Ministry of Emergency Management left for Pakistan on October 11 in order to conduct a catastrophe assessment and provide recommendations for flood mitigation and prevention. Eleven people from several agencies, including the China Meteorological Administration, the Ministry of Water Resources, and the Ministry of Emergency Management, make […]
Newly inaugurated Coal Power Plant creating jobs, easing fuel import cost
THARPARKAR: The newly inaugurated coal power plant is illuminating villages, generating employment, and reducing the cost of fuel imports as Pakistan successfully opened its third power plant with a 330MW capacity on indigenous Thar coal. The Thar Energy Limited (TEL) power plant, part of CPEC Block II and finished by Hubco company in the Tharparkar […]
Punjab minister: Farmers have rapid, simple access to high-quality seeds
Punjab Seed Corporation is playing a critical role in supplying farmers with high-quality, reasonably priced seeds. Farmers should receive better services; it is necessary. Syed Hussain Jahania Gardezi, Punjab’s Minister for Agriculture, made this statement while presiding over the 122nd meeting of the directors of the Punjab Seed Corporation in Lahore. PSC Shan-Al-Haq, the meeting’s […]
14.3% of electricity is still produced using coal
KARACHI: Due to decreasing imports, RLNG’s share dropped from 18.9% percent in August 2021 to 12.5% in August 2022, with coal’s contribution to power generation remaining same at 14.3%. The cost of RLNG in the power basket increased from Rs14.91/kWh in August 2021 to Rs24.72/kWh in August 2022, according to statistics. According to Muhammad, the […]
Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong Meets with Pakistani Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar
Nong Rong, the Chinese ambassador to Pakistan, met with Hina, the Pakistani minister of state for foreign affairs, on October 5, 2022, to discuss flood relief efforts in Pakistan and ties between China and Pakistan. Shiraj, the director general of the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ China Department, was in attendance. Ambassador Nong thanked the […]
7 dead in building fire in Pakistan’s Punjab province
On Friday, a large fire broke out in a five-story structure in the popular Bazar neighborhood of Pakistan’s Punjab province, killing seven family members, including four children. This information has been given by the emergency room. Lahore. On Friday, a large fire broke out in a five-story structure in the popular Bazar neighborhood of Pakistan’s […]
Sukkur Barrage Restoration and Upgrade to be Executed by CRBC-HBSZ
KARACHI, 7 October – The “Restoration and Upgrade of Sukkur Barrage” project, which is expected to cost Rs. 34 billion to complete, was started by the Government of Sindh with the assistance of the World Bank. The project’s contractor is M/s China Road & Bridge Corporation/Hubei Shuizong Water Resources and Hydropower Construction Co. Ltd. (CRBC-HBSZ) […]
Pakistani startups raise $328m
Despite several instances of Pakistani companies failing, businesspeople were still able to obtain $328 million in funding in the first nine months of 2022. Despite increased investor skepticism brought on by geopolitical unrest and growing concerns about a global economic downturn, Pakistani entrepreneurs collected $328 million in total in the first nine months of 2022. […]
Indus Highway bus-truck incident results in 11 fatalities and 13 injuries
On Thursday, a passenger bus collided with a vehicle on the Indus Highway near Pakistan’s Sindh region, resulting in at least 11 fatalities and 13 injuries. According to Pakistani authorities, the incident happened when the bus traveled from Karachi to Punjab province. The fatalities included the bus and truck drivers, two ladies, and a similar […]
4 dead, many injured in Pakistan factory explosion
Four people were killed and several more were hurt in a gas explosion that took place in a factory on October 5 at local time in Hashem Town, Sindh Province, Pakistan. The bodies of the workers killed in the blaze were retrieved. Rescue teams and 16 fire engines reached the scene of the incident. Over […]