Global Electricity Review 2025
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Pakistan
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Bid to smuggle out turtle meat foiled
The Sindh Wildlife Department has foiled a bid to smuggle dried meat of freshwater turtles out of the country and arrested the trafficker. Freshwater turtles are an endangered species and protected under the Sindh Wildlife Protection Ordinance and trapping and netting of, or trading in these turtles and their body parts is banned under the law.
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Ambitious coastal projects termed disastrous'
The ad hoc coastal development projects, which have been conceived and proposed in total disregard to environmental concerns, pose a serious threat to marine biodiversity and the livelihoods of 500,000 fishermen, besides putting human life at risk. The Sindh-Balochistan coast is very much vulnerable to cyclones and floods and implementation of such projects, without proper scrutiny by independent experts, is like inviting disaster.
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20,000 acres of govt land distributed illegally'
: Sindh Minister for Works and Services Manzoor Hussain Wassan has said that more than 20,000 acres of government land in Nara taluka was distributed illegally to different people by the previous government during the past seven years. He said the government would initiate an inquiry into the matter and action would be taken against those found involved in such acts. He was speaking at an open katchehry and talking to journalists at circuit house here on Monday.
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Seriousness at all levels key to polio eradication'
Sindh Health Minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed wants the health department and international health organisations to take polio eradication campaigns more seriously and come up with viable plans to improve the situation in Sindh, where 10 confirmed cases of polio have been reported in first half of the year.
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'Water conservation essential for attaining food security'
Federal Science and Technology Secretary Sharif Ahmad has said that water conservation is essential in attaining food security. "We need to develop a culture of water conservation at grass root level, and also invest in both major and mini reservoirs to store water," he said.
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CNG price hike: LHC issues notices to government, others
The Lahore High Court has issued notices to the government and others and called for a report following a petition against increase in the compressed national gas (CNG) prices announced by the petroleum minister. The court will also order the government to implement the original increase. Consumer Amjad Ali Qasim argued that the minister petroleum had announced an increase of Rs 13 per kilogramme but the ministry issued a notification saying the actual increase was Rs 4.38 instead of Rs 13.
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NWFP government approves dam at Gul Hassan Banda
NWFP Minister for Housing Malik Amjad Khan Afridi has said that construction of Dam at Gul Hassan Banda, Kohat has been approved while feasibility survey of the Garang Dam has also been ordered. He further said, on completion of these dams, besides bringing thousands acres barren land under cultivation would also improve the socio-economic condition of the people of the area. This, he said, while addressing a public meeting at Gul Hassan Banda, Kohat on Monday. MNA from Kohat Pir Dilawar Shah and notable of the area Fazli Rabi also addressed the gathering.
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LPG price up by Rs two per kg
Prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) on Monday shot up by Rs 2 per kg, Rs 20 per 11.8 kg cylinder and Rs 78 per 45.4 kg cylinder in the local markets of Sindh and NWFP traders said. After a fresh increase, LPG is available at Rs 66 per kg, Rs 710-720 per 11.8-kg cylinder and Rs 2750 per 45.4-kg cylinder in the province.
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World Bank to finance $256.7 million power projects
Pakistan on Monday signed two agreements with the World Bank for making improvement in electricity distribution and transmission infrastructure worth 256.7 million dollars and water sector capacity building and advisory services for its efficient management worth 38 million dollars. The financing agreements for both projects were signed by acting Secretary of Economic Affairs Division Junaid Iqbal Chaudhry on behalf of the government of Pakistan and Country Director Yousapha B. Crookes on behalf of the World Bank.
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DOUBLE STANDARDS
www.radicalcartography.net/nuclear_full.png North Korea was at the receiving end of global condemnation after it announced that it carried out its first underground atomic weapons test in 2006. The US, Japan, China and Britain were the first to criticise and demanded action by the United Nations Security Council. Barring Japan, all these countries have conducted several nuclear tests of