Tag: Projects

Senate body for hydel projects

In an apparent bid to provide cheap electricity to the consumers, a parliamentary panel on Thursday directed private power infrastructure board (PPIB) to initiate...

Pakistan gets $280m US aid for energy projects

The US Congress has released $280 million in new aid to support Pakistan’s energy sector, a statement issued by the US embassy said on...

PM for release of all necessary funds for Baloch projects

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Thursday assured the Balochistan government that the Centre was giving top priority to development projects in Balochistan and...

Minister visits ongoing NHA projects

Federal Minister for Communications Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil paid sudden visits to various areas of the country; issued directives to complete all on-going...

Implementing planned projects, for a chance, would indeed help industry

With the implementation of various projects, the overall Industrial sector is projected to grow at 4.1 percent during the ongoing fiscal year (2012-13) with...

Rs 3b to be spent on development projects

Commissioner Karachi Roshan Ali Shaikh on Wednesday said that a sum of Rs3 billion would be spent on various development projects of District Council...

The physician seeks a cure

While major health projects are lying incomplete for the past many years, the ‘inefficient’ health department has caught everyone by surprise leaving three-fourths of...

Shahbaz eyes Rs70b BISP funds for electricity projects

Punjab Chief Minister Shahabaz Sharif said on Friday that Rs 70 billion from the Benazir Income Support Programme should be spent on electricity projects....

The only answer

We talk of big things and big projects but what we have failed to understand in 65 years is that the real talent of...

China asked to invest in Pakistan power projects

The business leaders of South Asia at a seminar demanded greater inflow of Chinese investment in the region. They also demanded creation of development fund...

PM directs for implementation of solar on-grid projects

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has directed for immediate implementation of solar on-grid projects and solar water pumping in Balochistan‚ Punjab and Sindh...

PM discusses political situation, development projects with CMs

Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Barrister Masood Kausar, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mr Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, Chief Minister...

Australia to provide financial assistance to Pakistan

Australia will provide over 200 million dollars of financial assistance to Pakistan during the next three years under the Australia-Pakistan Development Partnership Program as...

Red Cross suspends Pakistan work after killing

The Red Cross on Thursday suspended most of its aid projects in Pakistan and recalled all of its foreign staff to the capital, following...

US cuts aid projects in Pakistan

Just a day after Pakistan’s parliament unanimously approved new guidelines for the country’s reengagement with the United States, a top US aid official said...

20,000 MW hydel projects underway: WAPDA

The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) is working on hydropower projects with a cumulative generation capacity of about 20,000 MW. Of these,...

Slow progress causes WB to close 3 projects worth $650m in...

The World Bank (WB) has closed three projects worth $650 million for Pakistan due to slow progress on the projects, sources said on Friday. However,...