LAHORE - The SNGPL based fertilizer plants would invest $100 million for long term development of dedicated lower BTU gas fields that would ensure better gas supply to fertilizer plants to get better production from local plants instead of depending on costly imported urea spending hundreds of ...

KARACHI (PR): The board meeting of Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) was held at CBC office. Station Commander Karachi Brig Anis Ahmed who is also the president of CBC presided the meeting. PCB urged upon the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board to take necessary action on the shortfall of water supply as ...

LONDON  - Crude prices fell on Tuesday after the International Energy Agency declared that booming oil output in North America, driven by the shale energy revolution, has created a global "supply shock" that is reshaping the industry. In London early afternoon deals, Brent North Sea crude for ...

ISLAMABAD : A special duty cell has been established in Finance Division during election-2013 to monitor continuous supply of energy during polls. Dr Khaqan Hassan Najeeb, Director General (ERU) is the focal person of the Cell. The Cell No of the Focal Person is (0307-5555455). The Cell will be ...

islamabad - Caretaker petroleum minister Suhail Wajahat Siddiqi on Thursday said that due to involvement in gas theft, natural gas supply to the captive power plants is suspended while gas provision on loan to the KESC is also stopped and a ban is also imposed on issuing new gas connections.This he ...

islamabad -  ahmad ahmadani - In a bid to provide one-day relief to the consumers of CNG on upcoming elections day (Saturday), the caretaker government has now given directions to the petroleum ministry to ensure uninterrupted supply of natural gas to the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling ...

lahore -  Widening energy demand-supply gap is posing a major challenge to Pakistan economic health, which is estimated to have curtailed GDP growth by 200bps in last few years, financial experts said.After a brief tilt toward expensive imported oil in FY11 though the reliance on indigenous ...

There are usually, if not always, a certain set of characteristics and qualities that a people expect their leader to have. Amongst them are honesty, integrity and dignity that Pakistanis seek in a leader, but there is also bravery. With the fast approaching elections, the idea of bravery seems to ...

LAHORE  : The SNGPL, in continuation to disconnection process of government defaulters, on Friday disconnected gas supply to eight departments. Those whose supply was disconnected are: Pak Secretariat Building Q-Block Islamabad, DPO Khanewal, Deputy Director Façade Block CDA Islamabad, ...

ISLAMABAD : Ministry of Petroleum on Friday established 'Oil and Gas Control Cell' to ensure continuous supply of oil and gas during elections. The oil and gas control cell would start functioning from May 7, said a press release issued here. The cell would ensure coordination between the ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court has directed the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) and other stakeholders to furnish the written reasons of loadshedding and non-supply of electricity to the consumers on May 9.During the hearing of suo moto case regarding the unprecedented loadshedding in the ...

KHYBER AGENCY  -  Nato supply driver killed  Our Staff Reporter KHYBER AGENCY - A NATO supply driver was killed when unknown militants opened firing on him and tanker in Wazirdand area of tehsil Jamrud of Khyber Agency on Sunday. The sources said that the NATO supply tanker bearing ...

islamabad - Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry, General Manager Sui Northern Gas Company Limited Islamabad Region, visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry and, while addressing the business community, said that SNGPL is working to enhance gas supply duration for industry from 3 days to 4 days in a ...

Unidentified miscreants blew up Uch Power Plant gas supply pipeline Sunday further exceeding electricity shortfall in the countryFollowing the gas supply line was blown up, 525MW power supply from Uch plant to national grid was suspended resulting the electricity shortfall exceeding 6000MW.Sources ...

ISLAMABAD - Iran has agreed to supply natural gas to Pakistan at a discount price while Pakistan has shown its willingness to change certain provisions of draft agreement pertaining construction of 781 km long gasline to be laid on Pakistani side. The two countries have also agreed to set up an oil ...

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Syed Munawar Hasan said that they would stage of a sit-in outside the parliament if the government tried to open Nato supply lines. Addressing a Defence of Pakistan (Difa-e-Pakistan) conference here in Multan on Sunday, Munawar Hassan urged the government to review its ...

Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir has said that US drone attacks are against Pakistan's sovereignty and could not be tolerated at all.Talking to media after attending a meeting of National Assembly's Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs headed by Dr Farooq Sattar here in Islamabad on Wednesday, ...

Due to security threats and intensity of weather, the Nato supply containers stranded at Chaman Border terminal due to closure of supplies for Nato forces in Afghanistan, have started returning to Karachi.Amid pressure from the masses and political forces, government has not yet succeeded to decide ...

NATOs war planners call it the iron mountain, the $2.7 billion mass of military equipment that will be dropped on Afghanistan over the next eight months. But will the mountain be tall enough? Between now and next March, the U.S.-led coalition will deliver 22,000 vehicles, including 514 new ...

Unidentified miscreants blew up two 220KV power supply transmission towers with explosive device here in Dera Allahyar on Monday, disrupting power supply to most of the areas in Balochistan. Police said that two 220KV power supply transmission towers were blown up with explosive material, raising ...

The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday said that alternative forms of energy are becoming more cost-competitive with conventional fuels therefore government should accelerate the pace of its development. Energy crisis is greatest bottleneck in the supply of resources to our economy; it is ...

Four independent power producers (IPPs) have threatened the government to suspend power supply of 825MW if their dues were not cleared. The IPPs sent a letter on Monday to the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) and gave warning to concerned authority that it remaining dues should be paid ...

Kazakhstan has announced that it will supply 2100 tonnes of uranium to India's nuclear plants by 2014. Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbaev made the announcement after talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Astana in Kazakhstan, PTI reported. Singh said that India intended to ...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday reiterated that uninterrupted gas supply be ensured to give relief to the public particularly the domestic consumers. He directed the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources to establish hot lines and help lines to receive complaints and their ...

Iran will export 70MW of electricity to Afghanistan and Pakistan this Iranian year (which ends on March 20). Managing Director of Iran's state-run Power Supply and Distribution Company (TAVANIR) Homayoun Ha'eri said Iran plans to boost power supplies to these two neighbouring countries through its ...

Residents of Chakwal are facing problems due to supply of unhygienic drinking water from last several weeks. As per details, the water supply lines of the city have been damaged due to the negligence of district administration and water supply department are getting the monthly water bill from the ...

The gas supply line project of Union Council Swan could not be completed even after many years. As per details, the residents of the area Raja Waseem, Khawaja Jehangir, Raja Rashid, Muneer Khan and others told that half of the population of Swan are availing the gas facility, while the other half ...

Under the National Energy Saving drive, the gas supply of many industrial zones of Punjab has been halted on Monday morning which is causing a huge lost to the millions of daily wages workers of the concerned industries. Private TV channel quoting Sui Northern Gas Company (SNGC) source said, the ...

The wheat flour mills owners have stopped supply of wheat flour while one bag of wheat flour is being sold at Rs 580. The owners of wheat flourmills did not bother to comply with the orders of government of Punjab and stopped supply of wheat flour since 26th Ramadan. Chief Minister of Punjab had ...

The supply of contaminated water in Jilalpur Sharif, area of Jehlum is causing disease amongst the residents while they have demanded of the high authority to take notice of the situation. Talking to Online News agency here on Thursday, the residents of Jilalpur Sharif complained that water ...