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Karachi, June 19, 2013 (PPI-OT): Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) the operator of the Block 2568-18 (Gambat South) with 65 percent working interest (WI) along with its joint venture partners Government Holdings (Private) Limited (GHPL) and Asia Resources Oil Limited (AROL) with 25 percent and 10 percent WI, respectively, has announced …
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Most of Small to medium sized rice exporters have closed their units due to loadshedding: Zulfikar Thaver
Karachi, June 19, 2013 (PPI-OT): Most of the small to medium sized rice exporters have closed their units due to unsurmountable problems of load shedding, inferior supply chain, lack of finance facilities,high cost of production, poor infrastructure and lawlessness. President Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) Zulfikar Thaver informed …
Read More »Warming Climate to hit South Asia hard with extreme Heat, Floods and Disease: World Bank report
Islamabad, June 19, 2013 (PPI-OT): An expected 2°C rise in the world’s average temperatures in the next decades threatens South Asia’s dense urban populations with extreme heat, flooding, and disease and could trap millions of people in poverty across the region, according to a new scientific report released today by …
Read More »Seminar and exhibition on medicinal and aromatic plants held at Islamabad
Islamabad, June 19, 2013 (PPI-OT): Pakistan Museum of Natural History (PMNH) and National Rural Support Program (NRSP) jointly organized an exhibition and seminar on medicinal plants’ value in the rural areas of Swat under the USAID-Entrepreneurs project named “Value Chain Development Project for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAP), Swat”. The …
Read More »Government of Sindh and United Nations Development Programme launches Sindh Millennium Development Goals Report
Karachi, June 19, 2013 (PPI-OT): The Government of Sindh and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched the first Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report for Sindh in Karachi today. The Report tracks progress toward the achievement of MDGs at the provincial level and compare progress across districts. The MDGs are …
Read More »Stakeholders discuss study reflecting Technical Education and Vocational Training status in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Lahore, June 19, 2013 (PPI-OT): Technology Upgradation and Skill Development Company (TUSDEC) has organized ‘Programme Stakeholders Group Meeting’ to discuss and nail down the results and findings of a baseline study reflecting the rundown of technical and vocational education in various districts of KP and FATA. According to the company’s …
Read More »Radio Pakistan airing Special programmes on death Anniversary of Khawja Pervaiz
Islamabad, June 19, 2013 (PPI-OT): Radio Pakistan is broadcasting a special programme on death anniversary of renowned poet Khawja Pervaiz today (Thursday). This programme will be broadcast on national hookup at 4:30 p.m. Khwaja Pervaiz wrote nearly 10‚000 songs for Urdu and Punjabi films in his 40-year career. He also …
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