CNG prices
to be fixed
ISLAMABAD - The government
is likely to clip Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) station
owners’ wings by allowing Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority
(OGRA) to fix final price of the natural gas for the
end consumers.
Pakistan tops
in Asia with 1,450 CNG stations
RAWALPINDI, June 8: Pakistan
has become the first in Asia and third in world after
Argentina and Brazil in terms of housing over 1,450
CNG stations while 1,000 more are under construction
and the sector has attracted investment of Rs60 billion
creating 60,000 jobs across the county, reveals the
Economic Survey launched here on Friday.
Asia-Pacific
region needs to develop energy resources
RAWALPINDI, April 5:
The United Nations Regional Commission for Asia and
the Pacific, in a new report, says that the region
would become selfsufficient in meeting its demand
for energy if the abundant energy resources could
be developed and shared optimally.
CNG rickshaws
Rozgar scheme more bane than a boon
ISLAMABAD, April 19:
Launched under the slogan of providing jobs to the
poor in September 2006, the President's Rozgar Scheme
has emerged as a burden on the people in the Rawalpindi
region, as CNG rickshaws financed under the programme
have turned out to be fraught with manufacturing faults.
CNG buses disappear
in a haze
ISLAMABAD, April 20:
A consortium which launched a CNG bus service between
the twin cities in February with 10 buses has folded
up the service in protest.
110 CNG stations
in residential areas
A large number of CNG
filling stations already exist in residential areas
of Rawalpindi and more are ready to go into operation
in a few months - a worrying prospect for people living
around.
NBP hands over
45,000 CNG rickshaw worth Rs 5.5 bln
NBP hands over 45,000
CNG rickshaw worth Rs 5.5 bln Karachi: National Bank
of Pakistan (NBP) has so far handed over about 50,000
environment friendly CNG rickshaws worth more than
Rs 5.5 billion to applicants all over Pakistan under
its Rozgar scheme. This was stated by the Group Chief
Consumer Banking NBP Aamir Siddiqui in an interview
here Monday.
