NA body proposes measures to check corruption in the OGRA Part 2 – Pakistan oil and gas news Ogre executive director of Zain-ul-Abidin told the briefing that the panel of annual oil consumption of Pakistan "was more than 20 million barrels, of which 40 percent is processed locally, while 60 percent is imported. He said […]
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NA body proposes measures to check corruption in the OGRA Part 1 – Pakistan oil and gas news Islamabad: National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources on Thursday recommended that the federal government or create a new Ministry of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), making it completely independent of and under the […]
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The United States continued to work with Pakistan on restoring the NATO supplies for allied forces battling in Afghanistan, saying it is not mulling to link invitation to Islamabad for Chicago summit with resumption of supply-line. US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland while briefing the media said NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen spoke very […]
Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has urged Pakistan once again to reopen Nato ground supply routes to Afghanistan. However, Rasmussen also said on Friday that Pakistan had not been invited to the crucial 25th NATO summit to be held in Chicago. The May 20-21 two-day summit, with over 60 heads of state and governments […]
May 11 2012 | Posted in
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Afghanistan faces tougher security challenges in the next phase of a transition from foreign to Afghan forces as insurgents step up their attacks, Afghan officials said on Thursday. President Hamid Karzai is expected to announce on Sunday the transfer of 230 districts and the centres of all provincial capitals to Afghan control in the third […]
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Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani said Article 58-2b, which allowed a president to dissolve the assemblies, is no longer part of the Constitution, therefore, he couldn’t hand this power to the court. His remarks, which he uttered while speaking to the media persons in London, hinted heavily at a fighting mood. Imran Khan and […]
Trilateral meeting between military officials of Pakistan, Afghanistan and ISAF to take place this week Rawalpindi – May 9, 2012: A Trilateral meeting between military authorities of Pakistan, Afghanistan and ISAF, is scheduled to take place later this week, at Rawalpindi. It is in continuation of the series of regular meetings, held under the Tri Partite […]
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Private Equity investing in oil and gas – Part 4 – Oil and gas news Oil PwC, and gas M & analysis of the quarterly report announced U.S. transactions with a value of more than $ 50 million analyzed by PwC using transaction data of IHS Herold. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, […]
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In quite an odd move, the Foreign Office expressed its lack of knowledge that Pakistan has been used as safe hideaway by Al-Qaeda and its ally outfits. In reply to the allegations leveled by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who said she believed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri is somewhere in Pakistan, the Foreign Office […]
In order to increase pressure on Pakistan, a Congressional committee in its budgetary proposals has prohibited economic and security assistance to Pakistan until Secretary of State Hillary Clinton certifies. The US House Appropriations subcommittee observed, “The legislation prohibits economic and security assistance unless the government of Pakistan is cooperating with the US on counterterrorism efforts […]
Private Equity investing in oil and gas – Part 3 – Oil and gas news According to PwC, there were 13 transactions with a value exceeding $ 50 million related to the shale plays in the first quarter of 2012, total $ 8.4 billion, or 28 percent of the total value of the transaction. The […]
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Peshawar Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Khalid Rabbani accused the United States of seeking to make Pakistan a scapegoat for its failure to eliminate uprising in Afghanistan, expressing an omen of the bad blood between Islamabad and Washington. After an hour US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked Pakistan to curb safe houses of terrorists from […]