WAPDA introduces revised daily wages, contingent based appointment policy
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government has approved the revision in the daily wages and contingent based appointment policy for Water and...
Blockchain empowers energy markets, as adoption widens
SINGAPORE: Â Energy startups have been using blockchain to power electricity sharing in microgrid trials from Texas to Tasmania for a year or...
Government accepts provinces demand to share oil and gas data
ISLAMABAD: The government according to sources has acceded to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s demand of providing it access to real-time oil and gas production...
ECC approves 2m tons wheat, 300,000 tons of sugar exports
ISLAMABAD: To rein in current account deficit, the government on Friday allowed exports of two million tons of wheat and 300,000 tons...
Mobile phone imports increase 14.94 percent during July-November 2017
ISLAMABAD: Import of mobile phones in to the country during first five months of current fiscal year increased by 14.94 per cent...
Textile exports expected to grow with rupee devaluation Â
KARACHI: Following the rupee depreciation, textile sector, having around 60 per cent share in total exports, is expected to be its key...
IRSA to cut water supply to provinces from December 25Â
ISLAMABAD: Electricity load shedding might increase amid chilling weather as the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has decided in consultation with the...
IRSA to close canals from Dec 26 to Jan 30 for de-silting
ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has decided in consultation with the provinces to close the canals for annual maintenance and...
PetroChina to acquire storage facilities, petrol pumps in Pakistan
BEIJING: PetroChina’s oil and gas trading arm aims to buy petrol stations and fuel storage facilities, setting up business in Pakistan, West Africa,...
Fatima Fertilizer, Fatimafert proposed merger delayed
LAHORE: A bourse filing Friday by Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited revealed its board of directors decided to delay the proposed merger between...
OGRA forwards final proposal for freight charges revision to APPCCA
ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) Thursday finalized and forwarded its proposal to All Pakistan PSO Cartage Contractors Association (APPCCA) about...
Pakistan-Uzbekistan agree to enhance bilateral cooperation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Uzbekistan on Wednesday agreed for enhancing bilateral cooperation and sharing each other’s expertise in the fields of agricultural and...
Gas consumers to bear extra cost of new gas supply schemes
ISLAMABAD: The federal government’s proposal to provinces of bearing cost of new gas supply projects near gas fields has been rejected outright,...
Refineries mull furnace oil exports, to restart production
LAHORE: Pakistan’s decision to move to Liquefied Natural Gas in place of furnace oil for fuel generation purposes has created a conundrum...
Oil prices remain unchanged, as North Sea pipeline expected to restart operations by January
NEW YORK: Oil prices were little changed on Thursday, erasing earlier losses after the operator of Britain’s Forties pipeline in the North...