{"id":66676,"date":"2020-06-15T17:34:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T12:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=66676"},"modified":"2020-06-15T17:34:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T12:34:38","slug":"govt-approves-funds-for-uranium-exploration-in-kohat-bannu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-approves-funds-for-uranium-exploration-in-kohat-bannu.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt approves funds for uranium exploration in Kohat, Bannu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The federal government recently provided its approval for an Atomic Energy Commission project involving the exploration of uranium in the Kohat plateau and the Bannu basin at an estimated cost of PKR 926.03 million \u2014 with PKR 200 million having been allocated for the venture under the budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cdwp-approves-hospital-gb-uranium-plant-dg-khan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDWP approves hospital for GB, uranium plant for DG Khan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presently, the Atomic Energy Commission is working on 18 projects, for which the government has allocated funds worth PKR 23.08 billion in the new budget. Another uranium exploration project is underway in Dera Ghazi Khan with an estimated cost of PKR 794.9 million \u2014 of which PKR 140 million has been allocated in this year\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the government is also looking to invest in the development of nuclear medicine and radiation-related medical services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kohat-gas-supply-inauguration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Work on Kohat gas supply project initiated<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the government has also allocated funds for the development of various additional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nuclear-energy-share-power-sector-increase-8800-mw-2030.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nuclear power<\/a> projects. In this regard, PKR 18 billion has been allocated for the Karachi coastal power project 1 and 2, and PKR 1.5 billion has been allocated for the development of research rector-3 of 10 megawatts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The federal government recently provided its approval for an Atomic Energy Commission project involving the exploration of uranium in the Kohat plateau and the Bannu basin at an estimated cost of PKR 926.03 million \u2014 with PKR 200 million having been allocated for the venture under the budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21, according to news sources. Read: CDWP approves hospital for GB, uranium plant for DG Khan Presently, the Atomic Energy Commission is working on 18 projects, for which the government has allocated funds worth PKR 23.08 billion in the new budget. Another uranium exploration project is underway in Dera Ghazi Khan with an estimated cost of PKR 794.9 million \u2014 of which PKR 140 million has been allocated in this year\u2019s budget. In addition, the government is also looking to invest in the development of nuclear medicine and radiation-related medical services. Read: Work on Kohat gas supply project initiated Moreover, the government has also allocated funds for the development of various additional nuclear power projects. In this regard, PKR 18 billion has been allocated for the Karachi coastal power project 1 and 2, and PKR 1.5 billion has been allocated for the development of research rector-3 of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":35378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385,15017],"tags":[31808,31805,31807,31806],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-66676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-atomic-energy-commission","10":"tag-govt-approves-funds-for-uranium-exploration-in-kohat","11":"tag-karachi-coastal-power-project","12":"tag-nuclear-power-projects","13":"cat-20385-id","14":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt approves funds for uranium exploration in Kohat - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Government provided its approval for an Atomic Energy Commission project involving the exploration of uranium in the Kohat plateau and the Bannu basin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-approves-funds-for-uranium-exploration-in-kohat-bannu.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt approves funds for uranium exploration in Kohat - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Government provided its approval for an Atomic Energy Commission project involving the exploration of uranium in the Kohat plateau and the Bannu basin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-approves-funds-for-uranium-exploration-in-kohat-bannu.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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