Faisalabad—Commercial Courts would be
established at all important
Business-cum-Industrial Centers of the Country
under Imports & Exports Control Act, said a
spokesman of the government. For this purpose a
provision has been made in the Annual Budget of
2009-2010 to confer powers to its judges under
the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898, he added.
Islamabad—Pakistan Electric Power Company is
tackling the most critical electricity situation
through a multi pronged strategy based on a well
coordinated plan to equate the demand and supply
of electricity, energy management and
conservation. PEPCO operations have been
reorganized to make it fully functional in terms
of energy conservation, load management, load
monitoring and to regulate and coordinate the
generation, distribution and load sharing
situation.
Islamabad —Cotton production may exceed the
target set for 2009-10 fiscal year (13.36
million bales) by about 9.4 percent to 14.6
million bales following 40 percent increased
sowing in Sindh and usage of BT seed for the
current financial year. According to the well
placed sources in the Ministry of Food and
Agriculture, the production of cotton may
increase by 1.24 million bales more than the
target of 13.36 million bales set for 2009-10,
although the usage of BT seed is not permitted
in the country.
Winder—The government was planning to double the
oilpalm cultivation area in the country to boost
its production. This was stated by the federal
minister for Food and Agriculture Nazar Mohammad
Gondal while talking to media during a visit to
oilpalm farm in Winder, district Lasbela on
Saturday.
Lahore—The Lub Gas, one of Pakistan’s leading
LPG marketing companies, has awarded a contract
to US-based Specialty Process Equipment
Corporation (SPEC) for the setting up of
Pakistan’s largest mid-country LPG Filling Plant
near here.
