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City District Government Karachi (CDGK) is all set to launch 50 environment-friendly CNG buses by today (July 27) as all necessary steps have been taken in this regard.  Hino of Japan has already delivered 25 buses to CDGK which are now parked at the designated bus terminal at Surjani Town and Korean company Daewoo has [...]

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Islamabad The Cleanest City: Survey

by admin on June 7, 2009

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According to a recent Gilani Research Foundation survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, almost equal percentage of respondents claimed to like Lahore and Islamabad (33 per cent each), while Karachi is liked by 18 per cent of the respondents. Islamabad is the cleanest city according to the majority (65 per cent). A nationally representative sample [...]

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ISLAMABAD: The government has formally approved the much-awaited two more nuclear power plants, of 340 MW each (cumulative capacity 680 MW), at Chashma at a cost of Rs 190 billion ($2.374 billion) with foreign exchange component (FEC) of Rs 140 billion ($1.75 billion). The projects have been cleared at a time when Friends of Pakistan [...]

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Nine schemes of AJP underway in Balochistan

by admin on January 21, 2009

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ISLAMABAD (April 09 2009): Work on nine schemes in various districts of Balochistan is in progress under Access to Justice Programme (AJP) and a number of schemes under the same programme have already been completed. According to Access to Justice Programme Secretariat, in Balochistan, considerable progress has been shown in the province by completion of [...]

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Rawalpindi: The committee constituted by the Punjab government has calculated a total of Rs1.12 billion loss incurred by the traders in the fire incident of Gakhar Plaza. The committee headed by MNA Haji Pervaiz Khan and MPA Sheharyar Khan evaluated the loss after a survey and negotiations with the affected traders of the plaza. The [...]

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Farmers to get 0.4m tons urea at cheaper rates

by admin on January 4, 2009

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Islamabad : The government will distribute 400,000 tons of subsidised urea among the farmers in the next couple of weeks for maintaining prices at the current level so as to avoid the impact of fertiliser shortage on agricultural output. A source in the ministry of industry and production told Dawn on Thursday that six ships [...]

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Iran says installed gas pipeline upto Pak border

by admin on December 30, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Tehran has said it has completed 18 percent of the work for the pipeline to bring gas from its South Pars field to the Iran-Pakistan border, adding that it will finalize the deal to sell gas to the neighboring country even if India walked out. The statement was made by Iranian Minister of Energy [...]

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Economics of Indus basin treaty

by admin on December 27, 2008

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Water is power, which has every colour of life and element of growth. Pakistan is facing a very dire situation on its water resources. Most recently, India has closed the Chenab water flow and as a result the shortage of water has become even more severe. It is estimated that the water blockade by India [...]

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CDA to set up two high-tech cinemas

by admin on December 23, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) will set up two high-tech cinemas in the city to provide entertainment facility to its fun-starved residents. A senior CDA official said that the authority would set up Cineplex and Image Maximum (IMAX) cinemas to revive cinema culture in the federal capital. Quoting the analysts, he said that Islamabad might [...]

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Deadline for Emirates Identity card will be December 31 and there won’t be any change, a senior official of Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA) said. The December 31 deadline and Dh1,000 fine for Emiratis were decided upon by the federal government as per the existing law, and EIDA doesn’t have the authority to make any amendments [...]

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