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Coronavirus: Experts to visit Pakistan Steel Mills oxygen production plant today By A team of experts will visit the Pakistan Steel Mills today to assess the situation. The technical committee include representatives from the Engineering Development Board and the Pakistan Army. Raza Rabbani has demanded the government reactivate the PSM oxygen plant. ISLAMABAD: Amid concerns over possible oxygen shortage in the country due to the COVID-19 surge, the Ministry of Industries and Production has de...

Team of experts including army conducts thorough inspection of PSM’s plant PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE KARACHI: A team of experts formed by the federal government visited the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) on Tuesday and conducted a thorough inspection of the oxygen plant for its rehabilitation over fears that hospitals across the country may run out of oxygen due to the worsening third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The inspection team comprising PSM Chairman Brigadier (retd) Shuja Hussain, Engineering...

Steel Mills gears up to produce 50,000 cylinders of oxygen Oxygen gas plant to be revived amid Covid-19 third wave SAMAA | Rizwan Alam - Posted: Apr 27, 2021 | Last Updated: 6 hours ago SAMAA | Rizwan Alam Posted: Apr 27, 2021 | Last Updated: 6 hours ago A shopkeeper refills medical oxygen cylinders for Covid-19 coronavirus patients at his shop in Karachi on April 26, 2021. Photo: AFP Efforts are being made to revive the oxygen plant of Pakistan Steel Mills to meet shortages duri...

  The 1.5-litre turbocharged small crossover Uni-T falls in the category of Kia Sportage, Toyota CH-R, and Nissan Juke. Meanwhile, Oshan X7, which is also 1.5 turbocharged but a bit bigger and comparable to MG Motors’ MG-HS and Hyundai Tucson   The 1.9 litre Turbo Charged Hunter is comparable to Isuzu D-Max and Toyota Hilux. The company has confirmed that it has been testing the three vehicles on Pakistan roads.   Chinese Changan entered the country in partnership with Master Motors, intro...

Work has already started on framework for local assembly of tablets, allied equipment and mobile accessories in near future. — AFP/File ISLAMABAD: The Minis­­­try of Industries and Pro­duction (MoIP) expects that the new mobile phone manufacturing industry could be larger than the existing automotive industry in the coming years due to high demand and expansion in coverage areas across the country, the Engineering Development Board (EDB) said on Wednesday. In its report, the EDB — whic...

Work has already started on a framework for local assembly of tablets, allied equipment and mobile accessories in near future.

Top EDB Officials Visit Airlink Communication Facility in Lahore The Chairman Airlink Communication Ltd., Aslam Hayat Piracha, and its CEO, Muzzaffar Hayat Piracha, welcomed the Chairman of the Engineering Development Board (EDB), Almas Hyder, and the EDB General Manager, Asim Ayaz, at Airlink’s assembly line facility in Lahore. The visit was intended to observe the trial production of mobile phones at Airlink’s state-of-the-art assembly line. The company has been a strong proponent of inve...

Pakistan’s top cars don’t have airbags Lahore High Court made their installation compulsory SAMAA | Bilal Hussain - Posted: Mar 4, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago SAMAA | Bilal Hussain Posted: Mar 4, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago Pakistan’s most popular cars don’t have a basic safety feature: airbags. SAMAA Money looked up the features of Pakistan’s top cars and found that there were no airbags in automobile company Suzuki’s Rs4.5 million APV...

A Long Road to a Faster Lane? Zeenat Chaudhary on how the automotive industry will fare in these uncertain times. Ever since Karl Benz invented the world’s first motor car in 1886 – the Benz Patent-Motorwagen – the automotive industry has come a long way. From hi-tech Hondas and Chryslers to electric Teslas and Nios, the global industry contributes roughly three percent to all GDP output. Due to the pandemic, however, worldwide car sales have taken a hit and are expected to fall from $74....

THE approval of Pakistan’s first electric vehicle policy towards the end of last year has given rise to an ongoing media debate. It has been pointed out that while we are now one step closer to a pollution-free environment, a greener future will depend a lot on the development of fast-charging electric vehicle batteries and the availability of charging infrastructure on roads and highways. The new EV technology is considered a game changer for the environment and promises various benefits to ...