Railways suffers Rs 26.99bn loss in FY16, Senate told on December 21, 2016ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways (PR) suffered losses of Rs 26.993 billion during the fiscal year 2015-16, down from Rs 32.527 billion as compared to the fiscal year 2014-15; Railways Minister Saad Rafique informed the Senate. The Railways Ministry, in a written reply to the Senate during question hour on Tuesday, said the financial position of PR […]
‘Limiting hunting of migratory birds will harm diplomatic ties’ on December 6, 2016ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Zahid Hamid has said that the government cannot limit the hunting of migratory birds because it can affect Pakistan’s ties with other Islamic countries. Speaking at a meeting on Climate Change, which met at the Parliament House on Monday under the chairmanship of Senator Mir Muhammad Yousaf Badini. The […]
Audit report points out irregularities in NESPAK affairs on October 24, 2016ISLAMABAD: The National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK) hired a consultancy firm for the Kishan Ganga project in violation of rules, causing a loss of Rs18 million to the national exchequer, Daily Times has learnt. According to audit documents available with Daily Times, the company had given the contract in violation of rules. The process was […]
340MW nuclear plant connected to national grid on October 17, 2016ISLAMABAD: The 340MW Chashma unit-3 (C-3), fourth nuclear power plant of the country, has been connected to the national grid. Sources in the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) informed Daily Times that the plant had started supply of electricity to the national grid on a trial basis. The project will attain full power in first […]
WAPDA chairman resigns from his post for personal reasons on August 22, 2016ISLAMABAD: The federal government has made WAPDA Chairman Zafar Mahmood a scapegoat to hide its incompetence on the failure regarding a timely completion of Neelum Jhelum power project. The federal government neither issued the funds allocated for the project in time nor was any payment commenced regarding the project, due to which it looks very […]
NEPRA raises tariff for K-Electric consumers on August 18, 2016ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has raised power tariff by Rs 0.39 per unit for K-Electric consumers on account of fuel cost adjustment for June 2016. NEPRA made the decision at a public hearing in response to a petition filed by the K-Electric management, which sought approval for raising tariff by Rs […]
715,000 annually affected by floods, cause loss of about 1% GDP on August 8, 2016ISLAMABAD: Flash floods devastation in the areas located close to river side and deluge in the streams and nullahs triggered by torrential rains have exposed government tall claims for taking pre-emptive measures to control floods. The plain areas are inundated in flooding water every year for want of preventive measures on the part of government […]
Honour killing bill to be presented in NA soon: minister on August 5, 2016ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Kamran Michael on Thursday said that legislation about honour killing is in process and soon a bill would be presented in Parliament. In reply to a question raised by MNA Ayesha Syed about honour killing in the country and lack of concerned laws during, the human rights minister informed […]
Pakistan would soon become NSG member: NA told on August 4, 2016ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has sought support in Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) after submitting formal request for its membership and would soon become its member. During the questions hour in National Assembly (NA), the house was informed in writing by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and house was told that Pakistan has submitted a formal request for its […]
IESCO fails to put its own house in order on July 31, 2016ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Electricity Supply Company (IESCO) has become synonymous with the word failure in the teeth of its extremely poor performance in recovering outstanding electricity dues from government departments, removing illegally appointed officers from their seats and addressing public complaints in restoring electricity supply. Sources said that IESCO remains no more on the chart of […]