Pakistan is committed to mitigate impact of climate change, pursuant to the Agreement concluded at the United Nations Climate Change Conference held...
Two years on, and there is no substantive progress on the privatisation of the identified state-owned enterprises , whereas focus remains on auction...
Rapid industrialisation and economic uplift of masses, which should be the cherished goal of any government, cannot be achieved without having a...
Pakistan Steel Mills , the only integrated steel mills in the country, remains shut amid the uncertainty whether it would be revived or run as a...
In the backdrop of the looming water scarcity and energy security, Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority has recently embarked upon...
As safety is absolute priority, hydro-dams are designed to last over a century. Planning and construction of water reservoir and hydropower projects...
The recent outbreak of coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan has highlighted, once again, the enormous disparity between rural areas and urban...
0The lockdown in most parts of the country, amidst addressing the challenges of coronavirus pandemic, has largely impacted industrial activities,...
Globally, hydropower is recognized as renewable, cheap and reliable resource of energy. It generates electricity with zero emission and produces no...
Pakistan cement sector is growing exponentially— having doubled its annual production capacity after every decade or even earlier. The fast growth...
On July 12 last year, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes awarded $5.84 billion in damages to the arbitration claims in...
Pakistan is without a national policy for the development of science and technology since October 2012. This poorly reflects on the government’s...
Today, the Renewable Energy is rapidly growing energy resource the world over. Having reached global installed renewable energy capacity at 2,378...
The long-awaited exploration and exploitation of the non-conventional shale gas resources in Pakistan may not remain a distant dream any more, it...
The Alternative and Renewable Energy Policy 2019 targets development of projects mainly wind and solar photovoltaic , excluding hydroelectric, for...
When Pakistan will have the long-awaited and much-delayed National Industrial Policy? All the stakeholders have been asking this question, time and...
During the last seven years, Pakistan’s exports have been continually declining on year-on-year basis----from $25.12 billion in 2012-13 fiscal...
To achieve higher growth of the small and medium enterprises , including micro enterprises, various steps have been taken by the present government....
The key message of the “International Conference on Climate Change and the Role of Nuclear Power” held during October 7-11 in Vienna was for...
On October 1, 2019, Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, while being briefed on the issue of human...
Mining is globally recognised as among the most dangerous and unsafe industries for workers; more so in Pakistan where mining operations remain...
The Foreign Direct Investment has been rather low in the year 2018-19, recording $1.73 billion, almost half of $3.47 billion received in 2017-18,...
The government’s policy and attitude towards revival of Pakistan Steel Mills is apathetic, to say the least, as no road-map for the strategic...
In October last year the Board of the Privatization Commission had approved a short-term and medium-term program for the privatization and...
Last month Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement with Pakistan for setting up a $10 billion oil refinery and petrochemical complex in Gwadar port,...
Development of the first-ever hydropower project in Sindh province is in doldrums, and not likely to take-off in near future.
The strategic Second Rehabilitation project of the Warsak Dam and Powerhouse has been delayed for more than three years as the contract for its...
In a recent move, the government has decided to rehabilitate and restructure the ailing Pakistan Machine Tool Factory , delisting it from the...
The recent World Health Organization studies conclude that an estimated seven million die from environmental health risks annually the world over....
At this crucial time when the government needs to stabilise itself economically and politically, the massive electricity load-shedding is likely to...
The government’s apathetic attitude towards the affairs of ailing Pakistan Steel Mills in Karachi is a reflection on its poor planning and...
Pursuant to the declared policy of the government to achieve self-reliance in various fields, Minister for Energy Omar Ayub Khan has announced that...
The Diamer Basha Dam project is not likely to take-off in the near future, it seems, given the size of the project and financial and technical...
In the wake of Supreme Court’s judgment, Water and Power Development Authority has announced taking measures to start construction of Mohmand Dam...
Ten years on, the trumpeted first steel mill project based on indigenous iron ore still remains a pipedream, while future of the only integrated...
The recent political crisis in Balochistan, besides showing weak links in the system, has exposed, once again, the deprivation of socioeconomic...
Industry Despite the fact that its nuclear programme has always been facing internal and external opposition, Pakistan has signed an...
On November 11, 2016, Pakistan ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, which is aimed at lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions....
The February 2 accident, in which 32 Pakistanis drowned after a boat capsized off the coast of Libya, has once again highlighted the severity of...
The World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will co-finance the construction of strategic $823.5 million Tarbela 5th Extension...
Pakistan Steel Mills , which had ceased its operations abruptly on June 10, 2015, is once again in the news. The National Accountability Bureau has...
Pursuant to the Automotive Development Policy 2016-21, the government has allowed four automakers, in partnership with local investors, to...
ENERGY It is hard to believe, but it is a reality that, in spite of being richest in water resources and having tremendous potential of developing...
ENERGY A power plant based on the indigenous Thar coal is going to become a reality soon. The long-awaited first power plant, an integrated...
INDUSTRY Reportedly, the government has decided to dissolve, with immediate effect, the Engineering Development Board , a wing of the Ministry of...
There seems to be no respite for electricity consumers across the country from long hours of scheduled and unscheduled load-shedding, as the...
The imported-coal-based Sahiwal power plant, the first power generation project developed under the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic...
ENERGY The full-scale electricity load-shedding, of 13 to 14 hours on daily basis, has made a comeback this summer with a vengeance, as early as in...
POLICY Economic growth of a country is conversely proportional to environmental degradation, and Pakistan is no exception. In recent years the...
