It’s a Jungle Out there Pakistan is the sixth largest country in the world with its total population touching an alarming figure of 180 million. Karachi is the largest and the third most populous city in the world with a maximum number of 12,991,000 people living within its borders. Shanghai and Istanbul are the top […]
Feb 1 2012 | Posted in
Opinion,
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Corporate sector is the main source of income for any country and South Asian sector is not an exception. However, in the past one decade or so, this sector has incurred severe damages because of the negligence from their national governments and the worst case is Pakistan. World Bank’s chief economist for South Asia region […]
Jan 13 2012 | Posted in
South Asia |
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The audience however, raised the objection on Ms. Kochhar’s manifesto of “moving away from protecting jobs to protecting workers”. The audience objected that the World Bank should refrain from the propagation of the dogma that labour laws are restricting job creations. The protection of the labour at work and off the pitch is a mandatory […]
Jan 13 2012 | Posted in
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Energy crisis in Pakistan (Party Two) Without making a proper policy, the government allowed a large numbers of people to set up CNG stations. Conversely, the commodity has been rendered short due to setting up filling stations across the country high and wide. As a New Year gift, the government has […]
Energy crisis in Pakistan (Party One) As the winter is going severe with every passing day, the energy crisis is becoming worsened. The hours long gas and electricity load-shedding, price hikes and CNG closure are doubling the miseries of masses. This not only disturbed the lives of a common man but also shook up country’s major […]
Load shedding hampering Pakistan’s textile production Hours of gas and electricity load shedding has badly affected the Manchester of Pakistan (Faisalabad) where around 300,000 people have lost their jobs due to closure of the industries. MNA Fazal Kareem, speaking on a point of order in the National Assembly said his city was a business hub […]
Jan 3 2012 | Posted in
Business |
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During the summers the days are hot and made hotter still by the lack of electricity and in winters the days and nights are cold but made colder without any gas or electricity. Pakistanis have become familiar with the many shapes and forms of suffering and each new season brings with it, its own set […]
Dec 27 2011 | Posted in
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Baluchistan criticizes draft petroleum policy – Pakistan oil and gas sector update ISLAMABAD (APP) – Parliamentary Secretary for Industries and Production Pir Haider Ali Shah on Sunday proposed certain amendments in the draft petroleum policy 2011, to promote exploration activity in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan. He said the draft policy was contemplating to disband […]
Dec 1 2011 | Posted in
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Pakistan to import more gas from Iran – Pakistan oil and gas sector update ISLAMABAD – It has been learnt from reliable sources that federal government of Pakistan has decided to negotiate with Iran to increase its natural gas imports for the running tax year. Currently, Pakistan is importing 750 million cubic meters of per […]
Dec 1 2011 | Posted in
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No load shedding in industrial areas from tomorrow, Petroleum Minister – Pakistan oil & gas sector update Karachi —The Federal Minister for Petgroeum Dr. Asim has said that there would be no load shedding of electricity in industrial areas from Monday. The industrial associations have welcomed the government’s move to stop load-shedding in industrial areas. […]
Nov 27 2011 | Posted in
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More oil and gas discoveries are need, Petroleum Minister – Pakistan oil and gas sector update PAKISTAN- Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Reserves, Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhary has said that Pakistan will need to discover more oil and gas reserves to cope with the demanding challenges of winter in the future. The population of the […]
Nov 25 2011 | Posted in
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Government planning to increase rates of Electricity and Natural Gas In this era of inflation the government of Pakistan is once again planning to crack another bomb on Pakistani Nation by increasing the tariff of Sui-Northern up to 14 per cent and 4 per cent in electricity tariff. According to the statement of a senior […]
Nov 25 2011 | Posted in
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