Pakistan certifies first organic cotton bale
Balochistan on Wednesday marked the certification of Pakistan's first organic cotton bale at a ceremony held at Kot Sabzal. Balochistan's Minister for Agriculture Engineer Zamrak Khan said the provincial
Dawn (Pakistan)
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A case for daylight saving time (Letter)
MUCH is being written on DST. Some people have even sought legal redress in courts to force the government to undo DST. Let me give some important reasons why DST is of immense value: a) The government announced that 250 MW electricity was saved last year through DST. There should really be no other reason needed to repeat DST every year.
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Accord on electricity trade with Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
President Asif Ali Zardari and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai held a meeting with the World Bank president on Friday and agreed to facilitate electricity trade between Central and South Asian regions.
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Solar energy plan approved for villages
Remote villages of Deh Tiko Baran in Jamshoro district will be provided electricity generated through solar technology at a cost of Rs10 million.
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OGDC finds gas near Hyderabad
Gas has been discovered by the Oil and Gas Development Company in its exploratory Pasakhi-West deep well No 1 located in Hyderabad district in Sindh. The wells were drilled down to the depth of 3.500 meters targeting to test the potentials of sand of lower Goru formation of cretaceous age.
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Govt urged to end duty on solar energy equipment
District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has urged the government to withdraw 34 per cent duty on import of equipment for solar energy system.
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Solar energy project for south Punjab planned
The Environment Protection Department (EPD) is initiating a solar energy project in southern Punjab, an official told Dawn. The project cost is about Rs84 million and Rs34.505 million has been earmarked for the current year, says EPD Director General Shagufta Shahjahan.
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US may guarantee investments in Pakistan energy sector
The US administration is willing to offer guarantees to private investors keen to invest in Pakistan
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India scouring world for uranium
Energy-starved India, armed with permission to buy atomic fuel from around the world after the end of a three-decade ban, is courting new partners alongside old friends in its global hunt for uranium.
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Committee on alternative energy formed
Amid acute energy shortages in Pakistan, the first national body on alternative energy resources was formed on Monday with an objective to reduce the nation