Tag: Project

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has spent a hefty amount of Rs 84 million on paying rent for a building hired to establish...

Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif visited Bhatta Chowk on Sunday and announced that the project would soon be inaugurated formally.He said the project...

The Green Belt Project on both sides of the GT Road at main entrance of Wazirabad has been launched. The beauty of the city...

The Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB), which had successful inducted of 25 independent power producers (IPPs) with a joint capacity around 6,500 MW...

The director general of the Sindh Katchi Abadis Authority (SKAA), Mohammad Yasin Shar directed the field directors of his department on Saturday to take...

The Punjab government is freezing the Clean Drinking Water for All (CDWA) project designed to install 3,494 water filtration plants, a brainchild of former...

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani will inaugurate the construction of the Park Enclave, a new environment-friendly model housing project launched by the Capital...

KARACHI - A Chinese state-owned corporation has expressed willingness to invest in the Thar coal project and other power projects in the province. China Godian Group Chairperson Renaiquin shared these views during her meeting with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah at the Chief Minister's House on Wednesday, where provincial government officials briefed her about Thar coalfield. She is leading a seven-member Chinese delegation currently on a visit to the country. According to an

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif gave approval to the proposals regarding the agreements of 120 megawatt (MW) Taunsa Hydro-Power Project and mapping of the wind power potential in Punjab. He was presiding over a meeting of the provincial cabinet at the Chief Minister's Secretariat on Saturday.
The meeting reviewed the law and order situation in the province and commended the performance of the Punjab Police over successful operation against the outlaws involved in

KASUR - The Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) has said the Kasur-Depalpur Road project is currently the largest road project of the Punjab government. In a press release, the FWO said it took full advantage of the local expertise, labor, materials and services, adding that this mega road project would bring tremendous benefits for the locals and people of other cities as well. It said the dual road would serve as an important link between Lahore and Multan via Kasur, Khudian and

KARACHI - The government of Sindh has so far released Rs 274 million for People's Primary Healthcare Initiative (PPHI) to improve the infrastructure of the health facilitation centres in the rural areas of the province, but the programme has failed to meet expectations so far.
The Pakistani government has invested about Rs 20 billion in the primary healthcare infrastructure in the last 27 years but very little has been spent on its maintenance.
In this context, the PPHI is a

LAHORE - The National Project Management Conference kicked off Saturday to tackle the issues relating to development in Pakistan. More than 150 professionals attended the conference. Noted speakers included Expert Systems CEO Khalid Ahad Khan, Prof Rizwan Amin Sheikh and Dr Faheem-ul-Islam.
As part of PMI's focus on education and advocacy for project management and its role in the social and commercial development in Pakistan, a two-day NPC conference is being held on the 9th and

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday inaugurated the website of the Online Legislation Project, "Awareness about Law for Everyone" at the Chief Minister's Secretariat. The website will promote public awareness about laws and policies of various departments of the provincial government. Speaking on the occasion, the CM said that online provision of information to the general public about laws of government departments was a revolutionary step of the Punjab

KARACHI - A career counselling project worth Rs 15 million for youths is being initiated, said Sindh Youths Affairs Minister Faisal Ali Subzwari on Tuesday. He was presiding over a meeting held in his office.
The minister said that the Department of Youth Affairs is initiating a career counselling programme for youngsters at a cost of Rs 15 million. He said that this will help guide the youths to adopt a career that is in accordance with their aptitude and abilities. Sindh Youth

ISLAMABAD - Heading a two-member Supreme Court bench, which is hearing a petition challenging a $233.7 million security venture signed with a Chinese firm to keep the cities of Islamabad and Peshawar secure, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday observed that the agreements with foreign companies should be transparent and there would be no compromise on transparency.
The court directed the Planning Commission to produce details of the agreement within three weeks.

KARACHI - Despite having the potential of generating 50,000 megawatts of solar energy, the Sindh government is yet to initiate any major solar energy scheme. The only one planned, in 2009, ended up in cold storage due to the apathy of the authorities concerned, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The planned scheme was meant to generate 50MW electricity through solar energy, and was included in the Annual Development Programme (ADP) 2009-10. Interestingly, only a single meeting of Sindh's

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has referred Rs 110 million embezzlement case of defunct Tawana Pakistan Project (TPP) to the National Accountability Bureau. The project deprecator Irfanullah and a few of his aides have been accused of scam.
TPP was a Musharraf era pilot health project (2003-2005). According to FIA sources, project director Irfanullah was still at large but the agency had arrested some of his accomplices involved in making fraudulent purchases