Pakistan is committed to mitigate impact of climate change, pursuant to the Agreement concluded at the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Paris during November-December 2015, with the...
Two years on, and there is no substantive progress on the privatisation of the identified state-owned enterprises , whereas focus remains on auction of government-owned properties only. In spite of...
Rapid industrialisation and economic uplift of masses, which should be the cherished goal of any government, cannot be achieved without having a strong engineering base, particularly heavy...
Pakistan Steel Mills , the only integrated steel mills in the country, remains shut amid the uncertainty whether it would be revived or run as a public-private partnership entity or divested and...
In the backdrop of the looming water scarcity and energy security, Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority has recently embarked upon implementing various multipurpose water and hydropower...
As safety is absolute priority, hydro-dams are designed to last over a century. Planning and construction of water reservoir and hydropower projects have fundamental requirement of carrying out...
The recent outbreak of coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan has highlighted, once again, the enormous disparity between rural areas and urban concentrations. The government therefore faces problems in...
0The lockdown in most parts of the country, amidst addressing the challenges of coronavirus pandemic, has largely impacted industrial activities, and, resultantly, economic regression. The situation...
Globally, hydropower is recognized as renewable, cheap and reliable resource of energy. It generates electricity with zero emission and produces no waste. There is no requirement of fuel, operating...
Pakistan cement sector is growing exponentially— having doubled its annual production capacity after every decade or even earlier. The fast growth was driven by both public and private sector...
On July 12 last year, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes awarded $5.84 billion in damages to the arbitration claims in case of Tethyan Copper Company Proprietary Ltd of...
Pakistan is without a national policy for the development of science and technology since October 2012. This poorly reflects on the government’s lowest priority, if any, to this strategic sector...
Today, the Renewable Energy is rapidly growing energy resource the world over. Having reached global installed renewable energy capacity at 2,378 gigawatt , including on-shore and off-shore...
The long-awaited exploration and exploitation of the non-conventional shale gas resources in Pakistan may not remain a distant dream any more, it seems.
The Alternative and Renewable Energy Policy 2019 targets development of projects mainly wind and solar photovoltaic , excluding hydroelectric, for achieving 20 percent share in overall power...
When Pakistan will have the long-awaited and much-delayed National Industrial Policy? All the stakeholders have been asking this question, time and again, for decades, but none of the successive...
During the last seven years, Pakistan’s exports have been continually...
To achieve higher growth of the small and medium enterprises , including micro enterprises, various steps have been taken by the present government. Prime Minister Imran Khan has recently...
The key message of the “International Conference on Climate Change and the Role of Nuclear Power” held during October 7-11 in Vienna was for major nuclear role as nuclear energy. An integral...
On October 1, 2019, Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, while being briefed on the issue of human trafficking, was informed that some 75,000 Pakistanis...
Mining is globally recognised as among the most dangerous and unsafe industries for workers; more so in Pakistan where mining operations remain obsolete and safety measures negligible, if any. There...
The Foreign Direct Investment has been rather low in the year 2018-19, recording $1.73 billion, almost half of $3.47 billion received in 2017-18, though it picked up from a major dip between the...
The government’s policy and attitude towards revival of Pakistan Steel Mills is apathetic, to say the least, as no road-map for the strategic integrated steel mills has been worked out....
In October last year the Board of the Privatization Commission had approved a short-term and medium-term program for the privatization and divestment of various State-Owned Enterprises . However,...
Last month Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement with Pakistan for setting up a $10 billion oil refinery and petrochemical complex in Gwadar port, which is the biggest investment project of Saudi...
Development of the first-ever hydropower project in Sindh province is in doldrums, and not likely to take-off in near future.
The strategic Second Rehabilitation project of the Warsak Dam and Powerhouse has been delayed for more than three years as the contract for its construction has not yet been awarded. The inordinate...
In a recent move, the government has decided to rehabilitate and restructure the ailing Pakistan Machine Tool Factory , delisting it from the privatisation process being adopted for the...
The recent World Health Organization studies conclude that an estimated seven million die from environmental health risks annually the world over. In other words, pollution causes at least 16...
At this crucial time when the government needs to stabilise itself economically and politically, the massive electricity load-shedding is likely to resurface across the country during the coming...
The government’s apathetic attitude towards the affairs of ailing Pakistan Steel Mills in Karachi is a reflection on its poor planning and misplaced priorities. It was expected that the...
Pursuant to the declared policy of the government to achieve self-reliance in various fields, Minister for Energy Omar Ayub Khan has announced that all new power projects would be based on...
The Diamer Basha Dam project is not likely to take-off in the near future, it seems, given the size of the project and financial and technical challenges it poses.
In the wake of Supreme Court’s judgment, Water and Power Development Authority has announced taking measures to start construction of Mohmand Dam during the current financial year. Nonetheless,...
Ten years on, the trumpeted first steel mill project based on indigenous iron ore still remains a pipedream, while future of the only integrated steel mills, Pakistan Steel Mills , which ceased...
The recent political crisis in Balochistan, besides showing weak links in...
Industry Despite the fact that its nuclear programme has always...
On November 11, 2016, Pakistan ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, which is aimed at lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. Nonetheless, the government continues to develop...
The February 2 accident, in which 32 Pakistanis drowned after a boat capsized off the coast of Libya, has once again highlighted the severity of human trafficking and smuggling from the country on...
The World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will co-finance the construction of strategic $823.5 million Tarbela 5th Extension Hydropower Project, which has recently been launched...
Pakistan Steel Mills , which had ceased its operations abruptly on June 10, 2015, is once again in the news. The National Accountability Bureau has decided to initiate an inquiry to ascertain...
Pursuant to the Automotive Development Policy 2016-21, the government...
ENERGY It is hard to believe, but it is a reality that, in spite of...
ENERGY A power plant based on the indigenous Thar coal is going to...
INDUSTRY Reportedly, the government has decided to dissolve, with...
There seems to be no respite for electricity consumers across the country from long hours of scheduled and unscheduled load-shedding, as the electricity demand and supply shortfall has widened to...
The imported-coal-based Sahiwal power plant, the first power generation project developed under the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor framework, is set for inauguration by Prime...
ENERGY The full-scale electricity load-shedding, of 13 to 14 hours on...
POLICY Economic growth of a country is conversely proportional to...
