Tag: Resources

Rice and wheat farmers in Punjab can easily reduce their input cost by 25 per cent – without compromising the output level – by...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the government is committed to the reconstruction of the earth quake affected areas and would...

No laxity or negligence will be tolerated in the construction standards or use of resources in completing the projects in the region, Chairman National...

Speakers at a roundtable discussion on Wednesday demanded an equitable resource redistribution mechanism for the people of Balochistan so that public grievances and issues...

All resources are being utilised for the provision of basic amenities to the people and rapid development of the province, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz...

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani Monday called for maintaining a balance between population growth and the resources equitably and prudently as high population growth...

The provincial government of Balochistan has severely hampered the future development prospects of the province by issuing hundreds of Exploration Licenses to unskilled and...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the government is committed to provide all available resources to provinces and other partners for...

LAHORE - The Punjab government is utilising all available resources for the socio-economic development of the province and provision of basic amenities to the masses and a special programme is being implemented for poverty alleviation and uplift of education, health and other sectors, Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif said on Monday.
He was chairing a meeting to review the implementation of ongoing development projects with the cooperation of the UK Department for International

LONDON - General David Petraeus, the US commander of international forces in Afghanistan, played down fears on Wednesday that military action in Libya would divert resources from the Afghan war effort. "The short answer is no," Petraeus told an audience at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think-tank in London when asked if the coalition action against Moamer Gaddafi would shift the focus from Afghanistan. "There was an examination of whether certain intelligence,

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has taken note of the fact that a number of retired officers are using official vehicles without authorisation while a large number of employees i.e. gardeners, drivers and police constables are also serving them. Similarly, the serving officers are using vehicles and services of such employees beyond their entitlement.
Punjab CM has directed that all administrative secretaries, heads of attached departments; autonomous,

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan can generate over 350,000 MW electricity through only wind energy against the country's total demand of about 21,000 MW peak summer, necessitating solid steps to explore the potential. Official sources in Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) told APP that the country's has numerous resources to get energy and over 50,000 MW energy could be generated only in Gharo-Keti Bandar corridor where average wind speed is more than seven meter per second.
They

LAHORE - Indigenous resources need to be harnessed to achieve economic prosperity, Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif said while introducing the Star Farm Model at the inaugural session of Star Farm Initiative Suppliers Conference 2011 at chief minister's Secretariat on Monday.
He said that development of agriculture, livestock and dairy farming sectors are essential to achieve economic stability and to decrease dependency, adding that the introduction of Star Farm

LAHORE: The estimated cost of tax exemptions in Pakistan on different accounts is around Rs 150 billion per annum. Textile and apparel, tractor, fertiliser, pharmaceutical, exploration and production, energy and high-tech industries are major beneficiaries of these tax exemptions, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The Economic Survey of Pakistan 2009-10 figures show that the country had paid Rs 147.140 billion under various tax breaks, including Rs 46.534 billion on account of Income