Saturday, May 18, 2013
Javed Mirza
KARACHI: The Alternate Energy and Development Board (AEDB) has forwarded the concept notes of eight green energy projects to the World Bank to avail of financing under the Clean Technology Fund (CTF). Arif Alauddin, former chief ...

Friday, May 17, 2013
Javed Mirza
KARACHI: The joint venture of Pakistan State Oil (PSO) and Attock Petroleum Limited (APL) has won the bid for establishing a fuel farm and operation and maintenance of hydrant refueling system at the new Benazir Bhutto International ...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Javed Mirza
KARACHI: Street markets comprising retailers and wholesalers are increasingly stratified by a disparity in the rates at which they receive supplies as compared with mega malls. Resultantly, there has been a steep decline in the ...

Sunday, May 12, 2013
Javed Mirza
KARACHI: The performance of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) requires strict control to get closer to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) standards, suggests the record provided by NTDC to ...

Friday, May 10, 2013
Javed Mirza
KARACHI: Shortfalls in energy supply are likely to increase power outages as demand increases in summer, Energy sector analysts predicted on Thursday. An official at Pepco said that presently total demand is hovering around 14,000 ...

Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Javed Mirza
KARACHI: Bahria Town (Pvt) Ltd. has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire controlling interest in Javedan Corporation Limited (JCL), the owners of Naya Nazimabad, stated a notice issued by the JCL to the Karachi Stock ...

Sunday, May 05, 2013
Javed Mirza
KARACHI: The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) has dismissed eight consultants who were hired in the tenure of former Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim, said sources. They said that these consultants were sacked ...

Saturday, May 04, 2013
Javed Mirza
KARACHI: As the energy crisis worsens and with no immediate solution in sight, private companies are opting for small and medium scale power generation plants, official sources say. An official at National Electric Power ...

Friday, May 03, 2013
Javed Mirza
KARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) has given up on its plan to acquire the assets of Tullow Oil in Pakistan and Bangladesh, as Tullow has sold its Bangladesh assets to a Singapore-based company, Kris Energy. A PPL official ...

Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Javed Mirza
KARACHI: Coal India, India’s leading coal miner, has offered assistance in extracting Thar lignite coal, Zubair Motiwala, chairman of the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC), told The News on Monday. Motiwala said that the ...