Can drip irrigation eradicate Pakistan’s water crisis and food insecurity?
To save water, the country needs to replace its age-old method of irrigating crops with improved
yield and quality being tangible benefits
2018 to be a bumper year for Pakistan’s cement sector: Report
International Cement Review, the world's leading source of cement manufacturing news and information, in its latest report on the Pakistani cement industry...
The incentive in going green
Either hot or very cold, mostly in the extreme, the weather is hardly ever temperate. One’s neighbourhood is hit by water scarcity,...
50-Megawatt Jhimpir Power starts commercial operations
Jhimpir Power, Burj Capital’s first project, in its 500MW renewable asset platform in Pakistan achieved commercial operations with plant inauguration held by Burj Capital officials on Wednesday.
Cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris International decides to quit selling cigarettes
KARACHI:Â Global tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) announced its new year's resolution to give up cigarette.
In an unusual move, the tobacco company...
Rs3.9bn received in dams fund
SBP issues the list of top 10 donors
ISLAMABAD:Â The Prime Minister and Chief Justice of Pakistan Dams Fund has so far received a total...
Govt finally imposes restrictions on metal contents level in gasoline products
Manganese would be totally phased out from petrol after May 1st, 2019
Total water storage in reservoirs face 30 percent shortfall, as Tarbela hits maximum level
Pakistan’s main water reservoirs have gained 65.60 percent of the combined live storage of 13.681 MAF, of which 34.40 percent capacity requires to be filled
Chinese group to set up cheese processing factory in Pakistan
BEIJING: Joint Holdings Group Chairman Bai Shun called on the Consul General, Muhammad Mudassir Tipu on Monday at Pakistan’s Consulate General in...
How Zahoor Sarwar made energy conservation his business
Research Teck is focused on helping other businesses with their productivity enhancement and energy and environmental impact reduction needs
Imran Khan’s bid to crowdfund $14 billion for Pakistan dam
The government’s plan is to build two facilities: the Mohmand dam in the country’s northwest, widely seen as feasible, and the much larger, troubled Diamer-Basha project in the north, first mooted in the early 2000s
Karachi Fish Harbour to be redeveloped as per international standards: Sindh govt
KARACHI: The government of Sindh is keen to develop the Karachi Fish Harbour (KFH) as per international standards, and is willing to...
Wapda to raise Hub Dam storage capacity, as country’s water needs increase
During the meeting, it was unanimously decided to raise the Hub Dam’s lost storage capacity of around 49,000-acre-feet of water by removing sediment deposits in the reservoir
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics admits collecting incomplete, partial data
ISLAMABAD: In a surprising revelation, officials of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) admitted that the bureau was collecting incomplete or partial data...
MNCs claim to care about the environment. Can this Pakistani startup convince them to walk the talk?
If refilling can become popular, big FMCGs might want to turn to Davaam’s gamble