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Sale of locally assembled vehicles increased by 22 percent during 2005-06. Accord-ing to the statistics by Pakistan Automotive Manu-facturers Association 155,514 cars were sold from July 2005 to June 2006. .. More |
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| Car plants to double output |
All the five car assembly plants will see their annual capacity going up to over half a million units by 2011-12. They plan to invest (agregate) Rs. 60 billion for the purpose. The five are: Honda, Suzuki, Dewan, Indus (Toyota) .... More |
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Government will defer three big dam projects i.e. Kalabagh, Akhori and Diamer-Bhasha due to opposition from smaller provinces. .. More |
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| Chinese work on two coal-fired power plants |
A 40-member Chinese delegation will visit Pakistan to conduct detailed coal geological investigation in Sonda-Jherruk area of Thatta district for setting up two coal-fired power plants, each of 300MW.... More |
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| Clean drinking water policy being drafted |
Despite all the pious and 'pure' intentions of top government figures, clean drinking water for all seems to have become a pipe dream. Our taps will continue to bring in contaminated water for quite a while... More |
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| ER selects new consulting editors |
Engineering Review has selected its new Board of Consulting Editors. These engineers include Prof. Bhawani Shankar Chaudhry, Brian Janjua, Engr. Farhat Adil, Engr. Khalid Pervez, Engr. Sohail P. Ahmed, Engr. Hussain Pervaiz, and Arch. Rafi Ahmed Lari.... More |
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| Minerals a new initiative |
Ismail Hasan has been in drilling activities since last 15 years and is CEO of Deep Rock Drilling. He specializes in the field of wire line core drilling and has participated in various exploration activities with cement and coal ... More |
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| Foreign firm to manage solid waste of Karachi |
In another attempt to dispose 9,000 ton garbage produced daily in Karachi , city district government will hire a foreign company for solid waste management.... More |
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| Govt will not guarantee fuel supply to new IPPs |
Government will not provide sovereign guarantees for fuel supplies to new independent power producers due to the proposed privatization of Pakistan State Oil and Oil and Gas Development Corpora-tion... More |
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Government has unveiled a five year tariff under the Auto Industry Development Plan to increase production turnover of auto industry and annual exp-ort of parts to Rs. 600 billion and Rs. 39 billion respectively... More |
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Karachi Electric Supply Corporation is believed to have decided to partially 'disassociate' Siemens Pakistan from its operations. This could be its first step towards getting good electricity. However, it may have to pay a rather heavy price for it.... More |
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| All parties gain through special agreement |
Mineral agreements
Special agreements with large investors are a common practice in many countries including the oil and petroleum sector of Pakistan . Allowance given to parties through special agreements is extremely commendable for many reasons. .. More |
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| Nespak to design 7 towers in DHA |
National Engineering Services Pakistan will design seven high rise - 38 to 42 storey - apartment blocks in Defence, Karachi costing Rs. 1250 million. These towers will have 1334 luxury apartments and 2, 3, 4 bedroom pent houses covering 460,000 square meters... More |
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| SUPCON and UET will setup automation lab |
Supcon, a leading supplier on automation and information technology, products and solutions in China and University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore have signed a contract to jointly establish .... More |
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| Thar coal to become national asset |
Federal and Sindh government will jointly establish Thar Coal Mining Company to develop coal as 'strategic national asset' under the Energy Security Action Plan to minimize the impact of expensive energy on national economy, sources said. Sindh had been assured a 'large amount' as coal royalty, besides cheap electricity through foreign investments to be attracted by the proposed mining company. ... More |
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| Tubewell - an engineered Product |
Engr. Azhar Qadri is in the field of rock drilling since last 17 years and looking after Deep Rock Drilling, Tubewell Division. His expertise and involvement in industry for maintaining proper water management system has been greatly enhance capacity utilization of ground water.... More |
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| Water: Rs. 4 b for next year |
Two (separate) plans are being finalised (in Islamabad ) for developing new water resources in Sindh and Balochistan to help meet their growing needs. The Balochistan part would cost Rs. 2.3 billion and the Sindh part Rs. 1.7 billion. Both plans are likely to be implemented next year (2006-07)... More |
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| Crescent: the largest of its kind |
Crescent Steel and Allied Products Limited is a public limited company listed on all the stock exchanges of Pakistan . Manufacturing facilities consist of a large diameter steel pipe production line and state of the art anti - corrosion coating line including high temperature coatings. Both are located side by side at the Sindh Industrial Trading Estate, Nooriabad in Jamshoro District, Sindh. .. More |
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