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New Park Energy Ltd (NPEL) in Thatta district of Sindh has launched the first wind energy project. It will produce 45 megawatt as a first step towards becoming the 100-megawatt pilot project to be completed by the end of 2005. The wind generated electricity would be provided to the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) to [...]

Rufi Twin Towers at Dubai Sports City will be at the centre of sports activities in the Middle East. Residents of Rufi Twin Towers can live the passion of all types of sporting activities like cricket, volleyball, baseball, wrestling, martial arts, gymnastics, field hockey and a host of others. The Dubai Sports City will feature [...]

Renault intended to introduce Renault Logan in Pakistan market by establishing assembling plant of Logan Car in Pakistan with a production capacity of 15000 automobiles per year and creating in Pakistan a pole of excellence allowing export of car components from Pakistan to all Renault factories related to this particular type of vehicle.The project will [...]

Where there is a will there is a way, no matter whether you are a male or a female like the forecourt manager of a petrol pump at Aabpara. In a male-dominated society, Rubina is one of those fortunate females who have the full support of her husband to go out and work in an [...]

The country’s software industry is set to taste a windfall as the federal government has decided to award projects of the e-government of around one billion rupees to local companies. The federal government launched the e-government programme in 2002, with an aggressive campaign to put all public service departments online, but plans almost failed to [...]

The construction work on the ‘Floating Kitchen’ project, which will also be called ‘Majestic Ship’, is in full swing on the shore of Sea View in Defence Housing Authority. It is officially learnt that the ‘Floating Kitchen’ is envisaged to be the world’s first stationary ship that will look like a cruise ship on which [...]

Shaheen Air International (SAI), Pakistan’s private airline will soon launch a new flight for Lahore from Doha. SAI commenced its operations in Pakistan in 1993 under the aegis of Shaheen Foundation, a welfare trust of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) personnel. SAI is the first private carrier of Pakistan which was honoured with the title of [...]

Situated in the heart of Pakistan’s second largest city, the market is essentially a raw material supply source for the country’s expanding steel industry. The boom in the steel industry is part of Pakistan’s overall economic growth which is expected to touch seven per cent during the current fiscal year. Pakistan has around 85 steel [...]

Gleaming glass and steel mobile phone company offices have sprung up beside run-down tenements in the major cities. A new smart set splashes out its growing income in swanky restaurants and boutiques. The boom is helping to expand the middle class, who are buying cars, houses, refrigerators and air-conditioners through liberalized consumer financing, extended at [...]

The Mekran Coastal Highway, which zigzags from Karachi up to Gwadar along the Arabian Sea and through the hinterland of southern Balochistan, has opened vast vistas of tourism, business and economy in the future economic haven of the country, tour operators said on Saturday. Regarding the surge in number of commuters on Karachi Gwadar route [...]