Monday, December 26th, 2011
The World Bank observed that power shortages has adversely affected the economic and commercial activities in Pakistan, as estimated production loss to the economy is two per cent of the GDP per annum or might be more...
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has provided a platform to the international community to negotiate and take measures for climate change mitigation. REDD+ is emerged as an incentive based mitigation mechanism to address the...
Monday, October 17th, 2011
Pakistan is unlikely to make the desired progress to complete 35 hydro power projects with the objective of minimising the energy crisis in the country as donors have yet to disburse any part of the pledged Rs...
Saturday, September 24th, 2011
A five-day training workshop aimed at capacity building and creating awareness among the govt and civil society organisations regarding modern geographic information system (GIS) technologies concluded here on Friday. The workshop was organised by International Union for...
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Pakistan plans to work with China, Japan and Europe to expand its network of remote sensing (RS) satellites for use in environment monitoring and natural resource surveys. The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) announced this...
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
China announced on Wednesday it will launch a communications satellite for Pakistan at an "appropriate time" in the coming days. It will be carried by a Long March-3B carrier rocket. Both the satellite and rocket are currently...
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
In a country such as Pakistan where each province has an ethnic character and identity of its own this was a bad idea. With the passage of the 18th Amendment the provinces are now in charge of...
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
