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Eight years into the system of devolution, counties are yet to meet their lofty goals of transforming into centres of industrial production.

ISLAMABAD: Most of state-owned entities in industrial and manufacturing sectors are working without permanent chief executive officers.Official documents and interviews with top bureaucrats in the...

THE STANDARD COAST Remains of Battery Refinery Factory at Owino Uhuru in Mombasa. [Omondi Onyango, Standard] Uhuru Owino slum residents will not be getting Sh1.3 billion compensation from the Government until an appeal filed by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) is settled. At the same time, the lead residue clean-up or disbursement of Sh700 million for the exercise will not happen until the Court of Appeal hears and determines the case filed last year. The court has suspended...

Karachi factory collapse: Unchecked construction poses threat to EPZA workers June 4 collapse resulted in two deaths SAMAA | Aamir Majeed - Posted: Jun 9, 2021 | Last Updated: 5 hours ago SAMAA | Aamir Majeed Posted: Jun 9, 2021 | Last Updated: 5 hours ago A factory collapse in Karachi’s Export Processing Zone Authority has raised questions about worker safety and the lack of building inspection in the country. On June 4, a used clothes consignment was being loaded at a fa...

Jafo orders EPZA, TPA and NEMC to trace expired molasses containers A cross section of government regulatory authorities and security agents at Dar es Salaam Port have been put to task by Minister of State in the Vice President’s Office responsible for Union Affairs and the Environment, Selemani Jafo for negligence regarding importation of more than 300 containers . Jafo who visited the port this week doubted the competence and integrity of officials from Tanzania Ports Authority, Tanzania Re...

Cash bleeding SOEs face loss of Rs429 bn in two years — II Top Story March 10, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The line ministry for all SOEs in the oil and gas sector is M/o Energy. The Petroleum Division of M/o Energy deals with oil and gas sector while the power sector companies are under the purview of Power Division. These include oil and gas (8), exploration & development (3), marketing & distribution (3), refineries (2). Overall, the oil and gas companies remain the backbone of the GoP SOE portfolio...

KARACHI: In a thinly veiled criticism directed at the Pakistan Peoples Party government in Sindh for ‘intentionally neglecting’ municipal bodies in the country’s commercial capital, senior figures of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf said on Sunday that the federal government was working beyond its constitutional responsibility since it understood the importance of Karachi in national development. The criticism came from federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar, Sindh Governor ...

KMC receives 24 fire tenders Former mayor lauds Centre’s move, but rues lack of drivers, funds to operate new fire trucks KARACHI: The much touted about fire equipment procured by the federal government was handed over to the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation and other bodies at a ceremony held at the Sindh Governor House on Sunday. Addressing the event, former Karachi mayor Wasim Akhtar lauded the Centres move and chided the Pakistan Peoples Party-led provincial government. It is good news f...

Karachi to have 14 new fire stations, says administrator They will be established under public-private partnership SAMAA | Web desk - Posted: Feb 15, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago SAMAA | Web desk Posted: Feb 15, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago File photo Fourteen new fire stations will soon be established in Karachi under public-private partnership, Karachi Administrator Laeeq Ahmed said Monday. Last week, the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation received 48 fire tenders and t...

THE STANDARD By Paul Ogemba | February 5th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Lawyer Paul Gicheru during an interview with The Standard at his office in Nairobi on February 04, 2021. The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday conditionally released Gicheru who is among three Kenyans facing charges of influencing witnesses in a post-election violence case that claimed over 1,000 lives in 2007-08. [Stafford Ondego, Standard] After, three months of brushing shoulders with the world’s most danger...