Browsing Tag Punjab
Dell to equip 26 e-labs in Punjab
By Technology Times at September 2, 2012 | 6:06 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Dell will collaborate with the government of Punjab by providing IT hardware and solutions to equip as many as 26 e-libraries and digital labs in tertiary institutions earmarked across the province. The first three e-libraries have recently been launched in Lahore, officiated by the Chief Minister of Punjab, Mian Mohammad Shahbaz Shareef. Dell was more...
Punjab govt sets up firm for healthy, cheap meat
By Technology Times at September 2, 2012 | 5:46 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: The Punjab government has established Punjab Agricultural and Meat Company (Pamco) in the province in order to ensure provision of quality and hygienic meat to the citizens at affordable rates. Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said Punjab Agricultural and Meat Company (Pamco) has been established to ensure provision of quality and more...
Punjab govt to give solar home panels worth Rs2b
By Technology Times at August 24, 2012 | 5:42 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: The Punjab government has announced to provide solar home panels at a cost of Rs2 billion while sewing machines worth Rs1 billion will be distributed among skilled women. “These revolutionary programmes, initiated at a cost of billions of rupees for the youth in the province, are yielding positive results,” said Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz more...
Wateen installs 235 Wi-Fi hotspots in Punjab educational institutes
By Technology Times at August 13, 2012 | 2:02 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: Wateen Telecom, Pakistan’s leading converged communication service provider, has completed deployment of Wi-Fi Hotspots at Government of Punjab educational institutions. These hotspots will enable students at government institutions across the province to gain vital access to the numerous educational resources on the internet. “The company has more...
Punjab farm output target badly missed
By Technology Times at August 13, 2012 | 2:00 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: The Punjab Agriculture Department, which advertises ‘important messages for farmers' to increase produce, yields very poor output itself. Even the target of earning from farms owned and controlled by the department, which have best expertise, knowledge and technical advancement, is not commensurate with the earnings of an average traditional more...
Punjab may miss cotton sowing target
By Technology Times at May 22, 2012 | 11:29 am | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: The cotton sowing target is likely to be missed as cotton over 1.2 million acres has so far been sown against the target of 6.2 million acres in the province of Punjab. “The government should review its agriculture policies in the larger interest of the agriculture sector as it would leave positive impacts on this sector which is the backbone of the more...
Branded ICT companies find wide scope in Punjab
By Technology Times at May 9, 2012 | 11:53 am | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: As a step forward towards promoting information technology in the province, the Punjab government has recently signed a number of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with the world’s renowned IT companies. Under the MoUs, the American company Microsoft will train students in internet based self-employment methods, Cisco will set up Cisco Network Academy more...
TIP gives clean chit to Punjab laptop scheme
By Technology Times at April 30, 2012 | 12:23 pm | 0 Comment
Staff Report LAHORE: The Transparency International-Pakistan (TIP) has given a clean chit to the Punjab government in the procurement of 110,000 laptops being distributed among talented students of the province. In a letter dated April 18, the TIP said that based on the elaborate clarification given by the Planning & Development (P&D) Board/ex-officio project more...
Law to monitor net cafes in Punjab soon
By Technology Times at April 23, 2012 | 12:48 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The Punjab government is going to forward a bill titled “Net Café Regulations Act (Punjab Cyber and Gaming Café Regulations Act) 2012” to the provincial assembly owing to countless controversies demanding the implementation of proper monitoring regulations for internet cafes. The bill is likely to be tabled in Punjab Assembly after consultation more...
Rs.250m WB irrigation project okayed for Punjab
By Technology Times at April 2, 2012 | 3:38 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The World Bank-funded $250 million Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Improvement Programme Project (PIPIPP), approved recently, aims at construction of high-efficiency irrigation systems in the province. The irrigation systems include drip, bubbler, sprinkler, over an area of about 120,000 acres, improving about 9,000 watercourses, improvement more...
Punjab plans modern silos for wheat storage
By Technology Times at February 21, 2012 | 1:53 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: The Punjab government is mulling to have modern silos for storing wheat as the storage infrastructure and manual handling of procurement processes are archaic – involving huge discretion and corruption. “The provincial government would build a highly-equipped multi-grain storage, to begin with, 350,000 tons – to be increased gradually once the more...
18 cotton varieties approved in Punjab
By Technology Times at February 21, 2012 | 1:24 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: The Punjab Seed Council has approved 18 cotton varieties for cultivation in the province. The approval has been given during a meeting of the Council held here last week with Malik Ahmad Ali Aulakh, Provincial Minister for Agriculture, in the chair. The meeting was attended by Sumaira Samad, Additional Secretary (Planning) Agriculture Department more...
$250m fund for Punjab farm productivity project
By Technology Times at February 14, 2012 | 2:43 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: The International Development Association (IDA) will provide $250 million for the Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Improvement Programme Project Phase-I, while local beneficiaries would bear $173.5 million. According to an update project report of World Bank, the project’s main objectives are to improve water productivity. Improved water more...
Punjab gets Google street view mapping service
By Technology Times at February 14, 2012 | 2:00 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The Google Street View, a notable mapping service from Google, is going to capture special locations and cultural sites in the province to let internet users to explore these spots through 360-degree street-level imagery. According to the Google Pakistan’s Facebook page, a memorandum of understanding has recently been signed between the Punjab more...
Punjab takes initiative to become livestock hub
By Technology Times at January 23, 2012 | 5:38 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: In order to making Punjab livestock “a dairy hub” and showcase the province’s potential in livestock sector, the provincial government has planned to set up more livestock training centres at divisional level throughout the province. “Pakistan could earn huge foreign exchange by developing livestock sector and marketing its value-added more...
Punjab drops plan to launch Monsanto Bt cotton
By Technology Times at January 7, 2012 | 2:52 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR:Punjab, the largest cotton producing province of the country, has decided to drop the proposal of formally introducing certified imported seed of Bt cotton primarily on financial grounds that outweigh the benefits of biotechnology. Arif Nadeem, Secretary Agriculture Punjab, said thatPunjabhas dropped the idea of introducing the Bt cotton seed in more...
