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...
First and foremost, it is imperative to understand that the ‘Deforestation’ repeatedly stressed during the intense heatwave which hit Karachi in June, does not solely...
Chinese steel manufacturer Baosteel has won a bid to supply steel to the ongoing nuclear coastal power plants (K-2 K-3) in Karachi, in what is being reported to be the "first export deal for China-designed, third-generation nuclear power technology", Chinese media reported on Monday...
With the state-owned Baosteel supplying Pakistan with relevant resources for Karachi’s two upcoming nuclear power stations, Global Times reported that...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will virtually inaugurate Karachi Nuclear Power Plant Unit-2 (K-2) on Friday (today)...
The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) said on Thursday that K-2 is a generation III, state-of-the-art plant with improved safety systems, especially internal and external accident prevention ability and enhanced emergency response capability...
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday virtually inaugurated the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant Unit-2 (K-2), stating that the project will help to train manpower and facilitate technology transfer from China...
Speaking during the ceremony, he said that Pakistan was also celebrating 70 years of diplomatic relations with China...
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday inaugurated power production from 340 megawatt Chashma-III nuclear power plant 'C-III' near Mianwali, Radio Pakistan reported...
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the prime minister slammed the opposition, calling on them to refrain from 'sabotaging' Pakistan's national interests...
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday announced that it had became the first self-listed capital market in South Asia...
The PSX completed the process of enlisting on the exchange a day earlier, on June 29, the bourse's Chief Executive Officer Haroon Askari said during an event held to announce the development at the exchange in Karachi...
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday inaugurated the country's fifth nuclear power plant C-4 at Chashma, Mianwali area, reported DawnNews...
The C-4 plant is capable of generating 340MW electricity...
CHASHMA (Mianwali): Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Friday that the government would end power load-shedding in the country by the end of the year, and complete the ongoing power projects by June next year...
Addressing a gathering at the inauguration of the country’s fifth nuclear power plant (C-4), the prime minister said his government was committed to ending electricity load-shedding and would add 10,000MW to the...
CAIRO: Russia will loan Egypt $25 billion to finance building and operating a nuclear power plant in Egypt, the official gazette said on Thursday...
19 for Russia to build Egypt’s first nuclear power plant in Egypt and to extend Egypt a loan to cover the cost of construction...
A 340MW extension unit of the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant (CHASNUPP), titled C-3, is all set to be connected to the national grid on Wednesday, reported Radio Pakistan...
The plant has been completed with support from China, the report added...
TEHRAN: An earthquake struck Iran on Friday less than 50 kilometres from the country’s only nuclear power plant, monitors said...
Its reported epicentre is 45 kilometres east of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, on the southwest Gulf coast...
The United Arab Emirates said on Monday that it has issued a licence for a reactor at its Barakah nuclear power plant, the first in the Arab world, hailing it as a “historic moment”...
The UAE has substantial energy reserves, but with a power-hungry population of 10 million it has made huge investments in developing alternative power sources including solar...
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) on Thursday announced that it had connected the much-awaited 1,100MW Karachi Nuclear Power Plant Unit-2 (K-2) to the national grid...
In a statement, the PAEC termed it a ‘Pakistan Day’ gift to the nation...
Iran’s sole nuclear power plant has undergone an unexplained temporary emergency shutdown, state TV reported on Sunday...
An official from the state electric energy company, Gholamali Rakhshanimehr, said on a talk show that the Bushehr plant shutdown began on Saturday and would last “for three to four days”...
Russian forces pressed their attack on a crucial energy-producing city in Ukraine by shelling Europe’s largest nuclear plant early on Friday, sparking a fire and raising fears that radiation could leak from the damaged power station...
Plant spokesman Andriy Tuz told Ukrainian television that shells were falling directly on the Zaporizhzhia plant in the city of Enerhodar and had set fire to one of the facility’s six reactors...