Tag: power projects

Shehbaz woos Chinese power investors

In a meeting with a delegation of a Chinese company which is constructing a gas power plant, Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the...

Turkish Company to invest in 200 MW Solar & 100 MW...

Federal Minister for Water and Power, Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that Government welcome renewable energy projects and has enforced polices to encourage investment...

Power projects of 8050MW being processed to meet shortfall

The Government has launched several power generation projects based on different technologies and fuels to overcome electricity shortage in the country. According to official sources,...

PM directs timely completion of power projects

Talking to Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif on Wednesday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed that all-out efforts should be made to...

World Bank approves five power projects for Pakistan

Minister of Finance Senator Ishaq Dar on Saturday said that the World Bank had accorded its approval for the construction of five power projects...

PM promises 22,000 MW of power in 9 years

Nawaz Sharif lays foundation stone of Sahiwal’s 1,320 MW coal-fired power projects Says pace of energy generation work shows govt’s seriousness in eliminating outages Punjab CM...

No speed breakers!

Shahbaz Sharif says future roadmap prepared to overcome energy crisis Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park to be launched in a few days in Cholistan Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz...

Delay in power projects: SC summons Babar Awan, Masood Chishti

On Wednesday, a two-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice (CJ) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry issued notices to former law minister Babar...

ICCI’s sage advice

Government should have allocated sufficient funds for the development of water and power sector in the announced budget 2012-13 to cope with energy crisis. There...

Power generation projects from Thar coal to produce 2,500MW

The government, in view of meeting increasing power demand in the country, is working on power generation projects of around 2500 MW from Thar...

Difficult to survive without KBD:Baig Raj

The Punjab Forum on Friday said it is difficult for country to survive without proposed hydroelectric Kalabagh Dam (KBD). The existing dams are not enough...

Awan responsible for delays in power projects: Shaikh

In its recent meeting held on Wednesday, the federal cabinet was told by Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh that former law minister Babar...

NC to build small dams and hydel power projects

The state-owned company, National Construction (NC) could build a majority of small and medium dams and hydel power projects planned by the government, provided...