Punjab Fire Safety Commission (PFSC) has suggested comprehensive measures for present and future 4 storey and higher buildings. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of Lahore High Court sees them as ‘most useful’ and says these must be adopted by development authorities. Justice Shah also directed (July 15) the Fire Commission to send these to Lahore […]

Pakistan will go for more coal fired electricity than furnace oil. This is the main point of the 2013-18 power policy. The policy was finalized by Council of Common Interests on July 31. Energy mix will be changed in 3-5 years so that electricity prices remain affordable and load shedding is eliminated by gradual increase […]

Sukkur Electric Power Company (SEPCO) supported by FIA teams raided (August 2) and cut 500 kunda connections and 300 non-payers of bills in Dadu and surrounding areas. Over 50 FIRs against were also lodged for illegal connections. SEPCO removed 3 illegal transformers in Talti and Guduabad towns in Taluka Bhan Syedabad. According to a senior […]

Sindh government has refused to install combined effluent treatment plants (CETP) in Landhi and Korangi industrial areas and told industrialists to do it themselves. Sindh Environment Secretary Dr Zulfiqar Shallwani, said it was mandatory for industrialists to treat their effluents and bring it within limits of National Environment Quality Standards (NEQS) before letting it out […]