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  • 171 turtles released in Head Balloki

    LAHORE: At least 171 black spotted turtles out of 504 confiscated by the Punjab Wildlife Department at Allama Iqbal International Airport on 20 April were released in Head Balloki on Friday in the presence of mediapersons and other stakeholders...

    Read: Bid to smuggle 504 freshwater turtles foiledHead Balloki’s PWD Director-General Khalid Ayaz Khan and WWF Director Biodiversity Uzma Khan in a joint press briefing to the media at the...

  • Balloki, Haveli Bahadur power plants to be privatised

    ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) on Wednesday approved sell-off of the newly established 1,233-megawatt RLNG-based Balloki Power Plant and 1,230MW Haveli Bahadur Power Plant...

    After detailed deliberations, it was decided to delist Pakistan Steel Mills, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Pakistan Railways, Utility Stores Corporation, National Highway Authority and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) from the...

  • CCI approves privatisation plan for Haveli Bahadur Shah and Balloki power projects

    The Council of Common Interests on Monday approved a proposal to include 1,230 MW Haveli Bahadur Shah and 1,223 MW Balloki power projects in the active list of the privatisation programme for early implementation...

    The CCI meeting, held in Islamabad with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair, emphasised upon the need for greater focus towards renewable energy in existing energy mix, Radio Pakistan reported...

  • Govt seeks feasibility of Balloki, Haveli Bahadur plants’ privatisation

    ISLAMABAD: As the government is gearing up to privatise Balloki and Haveli Bahadur power plants, the Privatisation Commission on Tuesday asked the National Power Parks Company (NPPC) to submit a working paper on its feasibility...

    The newly established 1,233MW Balloki plant and the 1,230MW Haveli Bahadur plant would either be privatised as a bundle package or as separate entities, and the working paper to be prepared by the NPPC will...

  • Plant, plant and plant some more

    There is much to do to mitigate the disastrous effects of future heatwaves in our cities and — as Pakistan currently ranks number eight in countries to be most affected by ‘Climate change’ — in all other urban and rural areas of our climatically diverse country too...

    Please discuss your exact requirements, size of planting / growing area, anticipated spread of tree roots / branches with your selected nursery so that you plant a...

  • Sahiwal coal-fired power plant: Builders expect power generation before deadline

    LAHORE: Chinese companies building the 1,320MW Sahiwal coal-fired power plant, the first-ever such a project in Pakistan, expect power generation next year which will be the ‘cheapest’ in terms of tariff and environment friendly...

    Though the consortium of two Chinese companies which started work on June 9, 2015, is raising basic infrastructure at over a thousand acre land reserved for the plant with an official target of completing...

  • Army chief inaugurates new ammunition production plant

    TAXILA: Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif inaugurated on Tuesday a new ammunition production plant as part of the expansion plan of Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF)...

    The army chief was briefed by POF chief Lt Gen Omar Mahmood Hayat on the performance of the industrial complex and its future expansion plans...

  • CPEC project: China approves $1.2bn for coal mining, power plant in Thar

    2 billion in the surface mining of Thar coal and the establishment of 660 MW power projects, as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project (CPEC)...

    According to details shared on Wednesday, China's state council for financing gave final nod for establishment of 660 MW Power Plant on indigenous coal in Thar Block-II and the surface mining of 3...

  • Power Division asked to finalise 600MW plant deal with Russia

    ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet authorised the Power Division on Tuesday to negotiate the draft framework agreement with Russia for the construction of 600-megawatt natural gas combined power plant at Jamshoro...

    In a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the power division was directed to bring the agreed version of the agreement before the cabinet...

  • Indian power plant explosion kills 16

    LUCKNOW: An explosion at an Indian power plant on Wednesday killed at least 16 workers and seriously burned dozens of others, police said...

    The blast occurred at a coal-fired power plant, located in Raebareli district of Uttar Pradesh and is run by the government-owned National Thermal Power Corporation...

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