102MW Gulpur hydropower plant starts production
LAHORE: Gulpur Hydropower Project has achieved certified commercial operation and has started producing cheap electricity for the national grid, said NESPAK Managing...
DG Khan Cement receives export orders from Philippines
PM's adviser congratulates company on the breakthrough, urges other exporters to follow suit
Iran’s oil storage almost full as sanctions and pandemic weigh
LONDON: Iran has slashed crude oil production to its lowest level in four decades as storage tanks and vessels are almost completely...
 Unbudgeted subsidy of Rs969m extended to RLNG fertiliser plants
Agritech and Fatima Fertilizer will receive RLNG at a subsidised rate of Rs756 per mmbtu for three months to produce around 200,000 tonnes of urea
IT, ITeS export remittances surge 20.75pc to $1.11bn in 11 months
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Information Technology (IT) and IT enabled Services (ITeS) export remittances comprising computer services and call center services surged to $1.11...
Textile millers fear production losses amid power outages, low gas pressureÂ
LAHORE: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA)-Punjab Chairman Adil Bashir has said that frequent power outages and inadequate supply of gas were...
After three months of stagnation, cement despatches surge 30pc in June
--Domestic uptake increases 19.6pc to 3.83m tonnes in June 2020, while exports surge 123pc to 0.78m tonnesÂ
--Overall cement consumption in FY20 inched...
Hydel electricity generation increased by 20pc in FY20 to highest ever level, says Asad Umar
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said on Sunday that Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) produced the...
Naveena Group to launch steel plant at Port Qasim
KARACHI: Naveena Group, a conglomerate dealing in textile exports, spinning, wind power and other business sectors, on Sunday announced the launch of...
Avanceon and its Ace cards
What’s in a name? In 1989, Bakhtiar Wain set up an engineering and IT company that focuses on automations. He decided to...
Gul Ahmed: defiant or delusional?
As this magazine has consistently pointed out for the last three weeks, it is not the best time to be in the...
Is the cement sector overvalued?
The cement sector in Pakistan has had its rough spots, but one could always look at the last decade and say, here...
Good news and bad news at Hub Power Company
The website for the China Power Hub Generation Company (CPGHC) is not exactly what one could call slick. Awkward photos of Prime...
How a rift in Pakistan’s tobacco industry determines how cigarettes are taxed and not the government
Local and multinational tobacco companies engage in brutal lobbying and media wars to try and tax each other out of business and influence.
Power Division claims zero shortfall despite noticeable power cuts
Spokesman says local maintenance problems cannot be termed as load shedding