Tag: Electricity
NEPRA increased power tariff by Rs 2.38
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has permitted the distribution companies to boost the power tarrif as much as Rs 2.38 per unit...
Power outages top agenda of Federal Cabinet meet
A special meeting of federal cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, will be held on Wednesday.
The issue of power outages tops...
Parliament Lodges defaults on Rs 19.11m electricity bills
The Water and Power Ministry is yet to recover electricity bills worth Rs19.11 million from the Parliament Lodges. According to a report of the...
In ‘war against darkness’, 500 Tharis get free solar lamps
It was a go-ahead for the residents of far-off villages who are still living without electricity in Thar Desert. Schools for children, health centres...
Unannounced outages ended, claims govt
The Ministry of Water and Power on Friday announced that unannounced load shedding had been ended across the country and electricity shortfall had been...
Shahbaz playing political game over electricity crisis: Shujaat
Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Thursday said his party had presented an immediate and feasible solution to the problem of electricity...
Electricity bills might stop causing bankruptcy after all
Through underground gasification technology, electricity can be generated at Rs 3 to 4 per unit while diesel can be produced at $40 per barrel....
Citizens witness worst loadshedding as shortfall reaches 7252MW
Prolonged and unscheduled loadshedding due to gap between generation and consumption has adversely affected the routine life, business activities and industrial sector.
According to details,...
Shahbaz for implementation of energy moot recommendations
Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that federal government doesn’t seem interested in implementing the recommendations of energy moot. He was talking...
Electricity: either for the consumers or the mills
In order to facilitate the textile sector, Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) has increased load shedding for domestic and commercial consumers, sources told Pakistan...
NEPRA approves tariff raise of two power companies
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Thursday approved increase in power tariff of two power generation companies.
According to details, NEPRA has...
LESCO to import 500MW electricity from India
Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) agreed on Wednesday to import 500 megawatts electricity from India via Kasur border.
A delegation of Indian Water and...
Electricity from India
The most prudent step forward. Number one problem on the Pakistani side taken up as soon as trade talks gather momentum. This is just...
Pakistan to import electricity from India
Federal Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar has said that Pakistan had decided in principle to import electricity from India to meet...
SC admits petition for hearing against import of electricity from India
The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down the objections by the Registrar Office and accepted for hearing a petition against import of electricity from...
Power crisis worsens, shortfall reaches 5,700MW
Countrywide power crisis has worsened as several power plants failing to get the required oil and gas supplies witnessed low power generation taking the...
Nawaz favours import of electricity from India at reasonable tariff
Backing import of electricity from India at a reasonable cost, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said the government and its...
