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KARACHI, Jan 16 (APP): Sindh’s bio-saline agriculture initiative has reclaimed 460 acres of salt-affected and waterlogged land across four districts, achieving nearly 70 percent of its overall target under the “Bio Saline Agriculture Research & Development Phase-II” project. The project aims to reclaim a total of 600 acres by June 30, 2026, and is being…
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (APP): The Universal Service Fund (USF) under the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has completed several major Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) projects as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance broadband connectivity across Pakistan. These projects span provinces and districts, marking a significant step towards improving the country’s telecommunication infrastructure. Documents…
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (APP): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) is planning to launch a new mobile application for general attestation of documents. A document available with Wealth Pakistan reveals that this initiative is part of MoFA’s broader efforts to modernize and digitize its processes, making services more accessible and streamlined for the public. The…
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (APP): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) is planning to launch a new mobile application for general attestation of documents. A document available with Wealth Pakistan reveals that this initiative is part of MoFA’s broader efforts to modernize and digitize its processes, making services more accessible and streamlined for the public. The…
Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has published its year-in-review covering its Universal Exchange (UEX) model expansion across crypto, onchain markets, and tokenized traditional assets under a single, unified trading experience in 2025. According to CoinGlass’ 2025 Crypto Derivatives Market Annual Report, Bitget ranked fourth in 2025 by derivatives trading volume, recording $8.17 trillion…
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12 (APP): Pakistan can significantly expand its potato export earnings—potentially doubling them—by shifting toward industrial potato varieties and strengthening value-added processing, a leading horticulture expert said. Talking to Wealth Pakistan, Shoaib Ahmad Basra, member of the Board of Directors of the Pakistan Horticulture Export and Development Company (PHDEC) and former president of the…
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11 (APP): Pakistan has developed five advanced ginger breeding lines as part of sustained research efforts aimed at establishing domestic ginger cultivation after decades of unsuccessful trials and complete reliance on imports. Dr Muhammad Iqbal, Principal Scientist and Director at the Vegetable Research Institute of the Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad, told…
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10 (APP): The Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) has achieved a major reduction in unaccounted-for-gas (UFG) through a series of structural, technical and governance reforms implemented over the past several years. According to a document available with Wealth Pakistan, the company reduced UFG by 43.6 billion cubic feet, reflecting a 60% decline…
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10 (APP): The National Highway Authority (NHA) will widen and improve the 130.24km Chakdara–Chitral section of N-45 soon after approval of PC-I. According to documents available with Wealth Pakistan, three sections of Chakdara–Chitral route –38.85km Chakdara-Timergara, 43.39km Akhagram-Dir, and 48km Kalkatak-Chitral – would be widened and improved. Most of the project’s codal formalities…
ISLAMABAD, Jan 08 (APP): Pakistan has moved around 3,000 newly developed wheat lines into field evaluation after accelerating early-stage breeding through a speed breeding facility. Dr Zahid Mahmood, Program Leader of Wheat Program at the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), told Wealth Pakistan that the wheat lines have been developed since the launch of the…
