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Campaign against Thar coal project
By Technology Times at June 23, 2012 | 4:38 pm | 0 Comment
Thar Coal Field, when used to produce electricity, will make Pakistan self-sufficient in power generation. Coal mining from Thar will also supplement various other industries. However, the powerful oil lobby is behind the recent campaign against this project. This lobby is very strong in Pakistan and it is against their interest to allow any other means of power more...
Mangroves shield against natural disasters
By Technology Times at June 18, 2012 | 5:23 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT KHI: Mangroves have successfully established their effective role in minimizing the natural disasters like cyclones on at shores as well as strong winds and also in protecting the sea life as they provide shelter to most of the sea animals. In Pakistan about 90 per cent of mangroves are in Sindh province which is the main reason the province has been more...
Hard time for IT ministry as technocrats quit against despotic secretary
By Technology Times at June 2, 2012 | 1:12 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Strong babus continuing governing the Ministry of IT and Telecom leaving no room for technocrats who have been working on research and development projects in autonomous ICT organizations. The bureaucratic strength supported by politicians has forced technocrats Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to resign from their more...
Farm research…. a weapon against food insecurity
By Technology Times at June 2, 2012 | 1:04 pm | 0 Comment
[caption id="attachment_16605" align="alignright" width="113" caption="Maryam Naseer"][/caption] INAPPROPRIATE USE of funds, obsolete research infrastructure, little or no incentives for innovation, lack of coordinated planning & monitoring and little commercialization of research outputs are impeding agricultural growth in Pakistan. A country having agrarian more...
FIA files 79 cases against grey phony operators
By Technology Times at January 28, 2012 | 1:44 pm | 0 Comment
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) has registered 79 cases against people involved in the illegal termination of international traffic using unauthorized Voice over Internet Protocols (VoIP). The gateway exchange is a telephone switch that forms a link between a national telephone network and one or more international gateway more...
