KARACHIPresident, Karachi Transporters Action Committee (KTAC), Mohammad Ashraf Banglori has urged the city administration to ensure alternative routes for public vehicles during sit-ins frequently staged, on thoroughfares, by different political parties and organisations.In a statement on Sunday, ...

Turkmenistan wants to help in energy sectorISLAMABAD (INP): Turkmenistan has abundant natural gas resources and is interested to help Pakistan in energy sector for improving its economy and bringing the two countries further closer. These remarks were made by Atadjan N Movlamov, Ambassador of ...

Islamabad - Federal Minister for Water and Power, Dr Musadik Malik has said that the matters related to alternative energy projects should be finalized as early as possible so that the projects are completed without any further delay.He made these directions while presiding over a meeting of ...

lahore - Despite prime minister’s clear instructions to ensure power supply on the polling day, the Punjab government has reportedly allowed the district administrations to draw money up to one million each for alternative energy arrangements, sources in S&GAD confided TheNation.Caretaker ...

The members of Pakistan’s transgender community have decided to contest the upcoming general elections on a ticket of equal rights. The community has more to offer than begging or dancing at the weddings. I have decided, this time, to vote for Almas Boby. Why? In all fairness, the ...

ISLAMABAD - Intellectual Property Organization Chairman Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi has said that the phenomenon of energy shortage is fairly common in most of under developed world, however many of these countries are managing the situation pretty well by way of a solid strategy, planning and ...

ISLAMABAD - Speakers here at a meeting stressed the need for adopting alternative irrigation systems and techniques to conserve every drop of water in the country.“If water availabilities are threatened, the subsequent socio-economic structure, particularly in rural areas, will be at greater ...

PESHAWAR – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Barrister Masood Kausar has urged the graduating students of universities to make the basic human values of life as part of their personality, which, he added, is also the best way to bring the society on constructive lines.Addressing the cash awards ...

ISLAMABAD – The experts at a seminar on Monday recommended to reduce reliance on CNG and explore alternate resources for overcoming energy shortage in the country.They mentioned to solar energy and import of LPG as alternate options and stressed revision of oil exploration policy for meeting ...

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - A Chinese energy engineer, a Chadian lawyer, an international agricultural rights group and a US safe childbirth advocate won this year's Right Livelihood Awards, often dubbed the "Alternative Nobels," organisers said Thursday. The 2011 awards highlight some of the world's most ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - A meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday, mulled ways to introduce alternative power generation sources in the province. Steering Committee Chairman Senator Ishaq Dar, Members National Assembly, Engineer Khurram Dastagir Khan, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, ...

ISLAMABAD - People are now desperate to search for their energy solutions and they are taking keen interest in the alternative energy solutions as around 8,000 persons visited Alternative / Renewable Energy Workshop that was organised by REAP here the other day. Most of the people among the ...

RAJANPUR - A mosque and mud houses of poor peasants and labourers were demolished in the areas of Jakhar Chowk, Tibba Chandia and Ghafoor Gurain. During the operation clean-up, which was launched by Irrigation XEN Zafar Sandhu and naib-tehsildar flanked by police, three women including Kundan Mai, ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is going to offer gas price rates based on cost of production, profit margin, insurance and transportation cost under Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI), while it has turned down to link price with alternative fuel, in an upcoming meeting of scheduled for May 17-18 ...

Using alternative remedies for children can be fatal, experts have warned. Parents can be misled into believing that treatments such as homeopathy are more 'natural', with fewer side-effects than conventional allopathic drugs, a new study says. But they may have direct dangerous effects, and even ...

Former President Pervez Musharraf has underlined his ambitions to return to Pakistan to contest elections in 2013, casting himself as a tested politician who can turn around the country's dire economic problems. "There's an even chance of me succeeding," he said in an interview with The Wall Street ...

KARACHI (APP) - Director General Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan (HDIP) Hilal A Raza has underlined the need for the creation of a separate ministry for the rapid promotion of alternative energy in the country. He was speaking at a session on renewable energy sources in Pakistan on ...

TEHRAN The International Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation concluded here on Sunday after three simultaneous panel discussions focused on differing aspects of disarmament and non-proliferation and the continued presence of WMD. It was quite extraordinary to find a diverse set of ...

KARACHI - A three-day Power & Alternative Energy (ITIF Asia 2010) exhibition ended here on Monday, at Karachi Expo Centre with the commitment by all stakeholders to promote alternative energy technologies in Pakistan on a fast track basis to get the country rid of the acute energy shortages. The ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The participants of a consultative workshop Monday finalized a mid-term policy document on renewable energy in light of the concerns and comments expressed in the consultative workshops held in the four provincial headquarters last week. Chief Executive Officer Alternative Energy ...

SNA0KE venom is being marketed as a budget alternative to Botox. A new cream claims to smooth wrinkles using a synthetic form of the poison produced by Asian temple viper snakes. The 6 tubes of Lacura Wrinkle Stop contain a compound called Syn-Ake, which mimics the snakes paralysing venom. It ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that the government is focusing on alternative and indigenous resources to produce electricity on affordable prices. The Minister made these observations while presiding over the 17th Board meeting of the Alternative Energy ...

ANTIOXIDANT-rich honey is a healthy alternative to chemical additives and refined sweeteners in commercial salad dressings, said a new University of Illinois study. "To capitalize on the positive health effects of honey, we experimented with using honey in salad dressings," said Nicki Engeseth, a U ...

KARACHI - The first ever alternative energy production project in Pakistan will start providing electricity to about 6900 homes in Hyderabad Electricity Supply Company (HESCO) region later this month. Pakistan has vast wind power potential, which will be soon realised. As, Zorlu wind energy farm ...