The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said the new Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) guidelines on the enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technology should not be construed as detracting from the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, and pressed New Delhi to ratify the Convention on Supplementary Compensation (CSC)

The Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) on Sunday urged the government to execute Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline as early as possible in order to run wheel of the industry. "The country is facing gas scarcity mainly because household consumption of gas has been increasing rapidly.

The World Bank (WB) has approved a $99 million package for the Nepal-India Electricity Transmission and Trade Project (NIETTP) to help Nepal mitigate the ongoing energy crisis.

The project will provide Nepal at least 100 MW of additional electricity to supplement its current electricity generation capacity of 698 MW and help minimise power outages.

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Sunday said that the government has sought US assistance to overcome load-shedding in the country for providing immediate relief to the masses.

During a meeting with senior journalists at his residence here, he said that US leadership has assured of assistance to the Pakistani government in providing cheap electricity to the masses.

Gilani said that he h

Germany, for being world leader in the renewable energy, is ready to extend co-operation to Pakistan in bridging gap between the demand and supply of electricity in the country which is passing through worst energy crisis at the moment.

Leading Russian companies Gazprom, Zarubezhneftegaz and Inter Raoues are keen to develop Pakistan's energy sector and will contribute to the building of power generating facilities and developing gas fields in Pakistan.

This assurance was given to President Asif Ali Zardari during his first three-day state visit to Russia (May 11-13) during which the leadership of both the countries held in- de

Experts on agriculture sector from different SAARC countries on Tuesday stressed the need for exchanging information on agricultural research and development to multiply success in the field.

They underscored the need at the inaugural session of a three-day training workshop on

A Memorandum of Understanding for agricultural cooperation was signed between Israel and Sri Lanka yesterday at Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo.

The MoU was signed by Sri Lankan Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane and Israel Agriculture Minister Orit Noked .

The two countries agreed to cooperate to achieve national and international goals of agricultural development, promote exchange of