Tag: Projects

WB to give Pakistan 1 bln USD

The World Bank said it has approved two projects totaling 1.09 billion US dollars in a bid to boost electricity supply and improve irrigated...

PM Gilani sets the ball rolling on Mirpur development projects

Prime Minister (PM) Yusuf Raza Gilani Monday announced the decision of constructing an airport for Mirpur, saying that it would prove to be a...

‘AJK govt to resolve residential problems’

Members of Jammu and Kashmir Co-operative Housing Society, Islamabad, in its Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) on Sunday unanimously gave approval of a number...

CM holds meeting on development projects

Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif held a meeting with assembly members of various districts on Tuesday to discuss the pace of implementation of...

Iran to unveil nuclear ‘achievements’ Wednesday

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to unveil several unspecified nuclear "achievements" on Wednesday, his government's website said. "Several completed nuclear projects will be unveiled tomorrow...

Anushka is Hirani’s lead

Rajkumar Hirani's directorial next has been perhaps one of the most anticipated projects of recent times. In 2009, the minute Hirani was done with...

Defiant Iran to present major N-projects ‘in days’

A defiant Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Saturday to inaugurate “important nuclear projects” within days and lashed out at Israel, saying the “story” of...

Gillani urges for speeding up energy projects to overcome crisis

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday chaired a meeting of Council of Common Interest (CCI) and urged for speeding up various projects to overcome...

Govt fails to expedite hydel power projects started per Power Policy...

Failure of the government to expedite construction of the hydel power projects started under the Power Policy 2002 have started to haunt its efforts...

CAREC approves over 100 projects worth $17 billion

Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) has approved over 100 CAREC-related projects worth $17 billion. The projects include six land transport corridors that cover...

Government focusing on energy, hydel power projects: GB CM

Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Syed Mehdi Shah said on Saturday that the government was giving special focus to several projects, including energy and...

Zardari sets deadline for Sindh projects

President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday directed that infrastructure projects related to irrigation and roads, approved by the Sindh government, be finalised by the...

President sets deadline for completion of projects in Sindh

President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday directed that infrastructure projects related to irrigation and roads, approved by the Sindh government should be finalised by...

Gul Train project takes leap forward

The proposed Gul Train project took a leap forward on Tuesday when the presidents of Pakistan and Turkey agreed to further upgrade it so...

KP to take soft WB loans for power projects

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister and spokesman of the provincial government Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said the government would take soft loan from the World...

Rs343.470 billion projects approved by CDWP

The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Friday has approved and recommended 79 projects costing Rs343.470 billion including Foreign Aid component of Rs134.986 billion....

President calls for early implementation of energy projects

President Asif Ali Zardari here on Friday called for early implementation of all projects and plans aimed at meeting energy requirements of the country...