Karachi: Karachi Electric Supply Company has invoked rain emergency plan on war footings to deal with the tripping of feeders, PMTs and supply lines all across the City after the first heavy downpour in the City previous night. In total, about 500 feeders had tripped with the first spell of …
Read More »President and Prime Minister Felicitate Nation on Successful Launch of PAKSAT
Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have felicitated the nation on the successful launch of the PAK-SAT which was launched Thursday night from China. In a message the President and Prime Minister said that the launch of PAK-SAT today is an historic occasion as it …
Read More »Pakistan’s First Communications Satellite PAKSAT-1R Launched
Islamabad: Pakistan’s first Communications Satellite PAKSAT-1R, as a part of Pakistan’s Space Programme-2040, was launched today at 2117 hours on board China’s Satellite Launch Vehicle from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. The launch, besides others was witnessed by Secretary Defence Lt Gen Syed Athar Ali ®, Secretary Foreign Affairs Mr. …
Read More »Pakistan Turkey Foreign Ministers Meet Economic Relations to Match with Political Relations
Islamabad: Turkey and Pakistan took a leap in bilateral relations and agreed to transform existing historical brotherly relations into tangible economic partnership. The Foreign Minister of Pakistan Ms Hina Rabbani Khar and the Foreign Minister of Turkey Prof. Dr. Ahmed Davutoglu in their tête-à-tête and delegation level meetings here today …
Read More »Third Meeting of Committee on Energy
Islamabad: Third meeting in the series of meetings of the Committee on Energy formed by the Prime Minister was held under the Chairmanship of the Minister of Finance along with Minister of Water and Power, Minster of Petroleum and Natural Resources and Deputy Chairman Planning Commission as members. Representatives from …
Read More »Visit of the Minister for Communications to Tajikistan
Islamabad: Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan, Federal Minister for Communications, who is on an official visit to Tajikistan since 08 August 2011, visited Ishkashim, Tajikistan. This is a border city from where the road between Pakistan and Tajikistan from Chitral is planned. Along with his Tajik counterpart, Mr. Hakimov Nizom, Dr. …
Read More »Karachi Water and Sewerage Board Exorbitant Increase in Water Tariff By 82% for Bulk Commercial and Industrial Consumers
Karachi: This is to clarify that the above decision of exorbitant increase in tariff was taken in my absence, you are aware that this item of agenda was discussed before I joined the meeting. This should be absolutely clear and indicated to all concerned that I, President KCCI, was not …
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