Tag: Thar

PEW forecasts water crisis in Islamabad and Rawalpindi in coming years, which would be worse than the ongoing energy crisis The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW)...

Lack of proper planning to cause Thar-like famine in entire country, says Ahsan Iqbal A drought-like situation will strike all the areas of the country...

KARACHI The Sindh government has sacked relief and revenue minister Makhdoom Jamiluz Zaman, livestock minister Jam Khan Shoro and relief commissioner Lala Fazlur Rehman over...

Another two children died in the famine-hit Tharparkar district of Thar desert in Sindh on Tuesday, officials said. According to medics, two infants died on...

THARPARKAR/KARACHI The Pakistan Army troops have been sent to help Tharparkar drought affectees while distribution of wheat bags was also underway in the famine-hit areas. Following...

India’s leading coal miner, Coal India, has offered assistance to Pakistan in extracting Thar lignite coal as well as setting up a coal-based mega...

The Ambassador of Australia to Pakistan Mr. Peter Heyward on Tuesday said his country is interested in Pakistan’s matchless potential in human and natural...

Japan offered to support Thar Coal power projects and to construct a transmission line to link the project with the national grid. This was...

Government of Pakistan (GOP) has decided to convert all the existing and new power plants on the specification of Thar Coal versus earlier plan...

The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday lauded the landmark policy decision of the federal government to use Thar coal for coal-based power generation...

The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday lauded the decision of the government to use Thar coal for coal-based power generation and all...

The government on Wednesday decided that it would only use the coal reserves in Thar for future power generation, while converting existing power plants...

Minister for Water and Power Ahmad Mukhtar on Saturday said power generation from Thar coal had not been workable so far. In an interview...

Opposing the Thar coal power project, the Planning Commission on Tuesday said generating 100 megawatts of electricity using coal was unrealistic. According to the...

Opposing the Thar coal power project, the Planning Commission has said that generating 100 megawatts of electricity from coal is unrealistic. According to the...

The National Assembly Standing Committee on Science and Technology on Wednesday asked the government to tap all resources for Thar Coal Project and provide...

A mysterious disease had killed as many as 24 peacocks over the course of three days in the Thar desert, a TV channel reported...