Pakistan

Staff Reporter SAHIWAL For many years, Pakistan’s national power grid has faced immense pressure. Rapidly rising demand, seasonal extremes such as scorching summers, and fluctuations in hydropower or renewable generation during low water or low wind and sun periods have combined to create instability. The result has often been frequency shifts, voltage drops, and in…

LAHORE, Sep 28 (APP): Punjab’s major Kharif crops are on track to deliver a strong harvest this year, as official figures and expert assessments show that only 8 to 10 percent of the province’s maize, paddy, and cotton production has been damaged by the recent floods. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) reported that around…

Staff Reporter SAHIWAL In a demonstration of solidarity, compassion, and corporate social responsibility, 1320 MW Sahiwal Coal-Fired Power Plant, organized a donation ceremony to extend support to Pakistan’s flood-affected communities. The event was held at the plant premises, where both Chinese and Pakistani staff came together to contribute to the national relief effort.The ceremony, titled…

ISLAMABAD, Sep 24 (APP): Saudi Arabia remained the largest destination as more than two million Pakistanis secured overseas employment in over 50 countries between 2023 and August 2025. According to the official statistics of Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment (BEOE) available with Wealth Pakistan, a total of 2,041,147 workers registered for foreign employment during…

ISLAMABAD: The CMPak, a leading telecom operator in Pakistan, and Huawei reached a strategic cooperation to jointly promote product innovation and technology upgrade. They aim to work out a leading enterprise network solution to accelerate digital transformation of various industries in Pakistan. To achieve this, CMPak and Huawei jointly launch a unified enterprise node (Card-UEN),…

LAHORE: A seminar on blood cancer awareness was held at Nasir Usmani Auditorium under the auspices of the Lahore Press Club in collaboration with Himmel Pharmaceuticals, where health experts emphasized the need to raise public awareness about this deadly disease. Addressing the seminar, Professor Dr. Abbas Khokhar, Head of the Oncology Department at Mayo Hospital,…

ISLAMABAD, Sep 23 (APP): Pakistani scientists have developed a new rose variety that can earn farmers up to Rs1.5 million per acre annually, opening a fresh window into the $60 billion global floriculture market while providing resilience against rising temperatures. The breakthrough variety, Rosa Centifolia UAF, has been introduced by the Institute of Horticultural Sciences,…

Staff Reporter Sahiwal Energy is more than just electricity it is the foundation of financial growth, investor confidence, and national prosperity. A few projects in Pakistan illustrate this truth as powerfully as the Sahiwal Coal-Fired Power Plant. Commissioned in record time, the 1,320 MW facility has become far more than a reliable source of energy.It…

ISLAMABAD, Sep 22 (APP): A pilot project has been planned to provide instant, targeted cash assistance to families living in disaster-affected areas through the integration of the National Catastrophe (NatCat) Model with the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). According to official documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the initiative forms part of a broader plan to…

ISLAMABAD, Sep 21 (APP): The National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) has completed a portfolio of 16 major disaster resilience and preparedness projects worth over Rs 6.5 billion across Pakistan between 2018 and 2024. The initiatives were implemented in collaboration with leading national and international partners, targeting vulnerable districts in Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,…