ISLAMABAD (February 20, 2011) : Total 0.1 million tons fertiliser will be imported through Gwadar Port in the next 10 days, from February 20 to 28. This was stated by officials of the Ministry of Ports and Shipping on Saturday in the meeting Senate Standing Committee on Ports and Shipping which met here with Senator[…]

KUWAIT: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday urged two Kuwaiti financial giants to help Pakistan overcome its energy shortage and development of infrastructure through investments in Thar Coal and building of Gwadar Port’s facilities.

ISLAMABAD (February 15, 2011) : The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has designated 13 routes for Afghan transit cargo, which reaches Karachi/Gwadar ports, and is transported to Torkhum/ Chaman border for carrying it to the specified destinations in Afghanistan. It is learnt that the proposed Afghan Transit Trade Rules 2011 by FBR have introduced a[…]

KUWAIT, Feb 15 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday urged the two Kuwaiti financial giants to help Pakistan overcome it’s energy shortage and development of infrastructure through investments in Thar Coal and building of Gwadar Port’s facilities.“We have one of the world’s largest coal reserves-175 billion tons in Thar. The Kuwait Investment[…]

ISLAMABAD: The government would estabish two universities with total cost of Rs.3049.142 million in Balochistan, with an aim to promote higher education in comparatively backward areas of the country, particularly in this province.

By Dr Shabir Choudhry 13 February, 2011 Countercurrents.org Presentation of Dr Shabir Choudhry in House of Lords on 11 Feb 2011 Madam Chair, Baroness Emma Nicholson, friends and colleagues aslamo alaykam and good afternoon. First of all I want to thank Baroness Emma Nicholson and her staff for sincerely and actively working to promote the[…]

Islamabad—Believe it or not, the cost of construction of Expressway on East Bay of Gwadar Port has increased by almost close to 100 percent from Rs 3.763 billion to Rs 6.274 billion on the pretext that the scope of the project has increased which is factually widened by 37 percent, Pakistan Observer has learnt reliably.

Naveed Qamar says security threats hampering exploration of oil and gas in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was on Wednesday informed that the imported Iranian gas would cost the country double as compared to existing gas prices. Currently, the gas price is about $5 per mmbtu while keeping in view the existing[…]

ISLAMABAD (updated on: 2011-02-02 20:51:28 PST): The Federal Government has approved an amount of Rs 90 million to Civil Aviation Authority(CAA) against the project of construction of new Gwadar International Airport.

Balochistan AG tells court that Pakistani experts examining feasibility report ISLAMABAD: Balochistan Advocate General (AG), Salahuddin Mengal, informed the apex court on Monday that the provincial government would not renew the exploration licence of Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) until it fulfilled all the terms and conditions of the contract.