GAS PIPELINE Work on 1100 km long gas pipeline to be started next year. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Petroleum Nadeem Babar said that construction work on the 1100-kilometre Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline Project will begin in July next year. The Government has taken this step to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Karachi to Lahore. In an interview, Nadeem Babar said that...
VEHICLES CHARGING STATIONS As part of the plan to promote the use of electric vehicles, the Government has decided to provide electricity at low rates at fast-charging stations. These stations will be established at motorways and highways of the country. The inter-ministerial committee has approved the process of registration of electric vehicles. They have also announced incentives to be offered...
MODEL GREEN BELT INITIATIVE Pakistan and China agreed to turn the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into a green belt and a road initiative model. This step was taken to protect and preserve the natural environment in the region. So, it was decided during a meeting held on Monday (14.dec.2020). The meeting was held between Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin...
Commissioner retired Capt Mohammad Mahmood said that the Punjab Environment Protection Agency (EPA) had given clearance to the Rawalpindi Ring Road project. He was presiding over a review meeting of the Rawalpindi Ring Road project at the Commissioner’s Office. The meeting was also attended by Finance and Planning Director Nazia Parveen Sudhan, Rawalpindi Development Authority Director General...
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday(12.DEC.2020) told the United Nation's climate change summit that Pakistan expects 60% clean energy by 2030.He further added that Pakistan aims to mitigate the effects of climate change by using clean energy. Addressing the summit, the PM said that 30% of all the country's vehicles would run on electricity shortly. "Pakistan is the country whose contribution to...