Tag: Energy
TFCs: A timely shot for energy companies
Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is likely to benefit by Rs27 billion, KAPCO by Rs17 billion and HUBCO by Rs15.5 billion directly from the government’s...
Energy conservation – need of the hour
Pakistan is facing the worst energy crisis that has affected all segments of society. The gap between electricity demand and supply is widening with...
WAPDA travails
The Water and Power Development Authority has come down hard on the government for not being able to implement the crucial power sector reforms...
Energy Task Force evolves consensus against gas demand curtailment
The very first meeting of Special Task Force on Energy has evolved a consensus against curtailment of gas demand to any consumer while focusing...
Why I am bullish on the energy market
Energy analysts say the price of oil would start to soar and could rise 50 percent or more within days, according to New York...
0.08pc Balochistan solar energy can serve national needs
Being a patriotic Pakistani one tends to do some good for his homeland only to find a deep-rooted corruption, lack of good governance, transparency...
Sh-e-Faisal and Sh-e-Quaideen to be first to go solar
Solar-powered streetlights would first be installed along the Shahrah-e-Faisal and the Shahrah-e-Quaideen and then in the rest of the city, Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC)...
PM forms taskforce to meet energy shortfall
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday constituted a special taskforce consisting of businessmen to come up with a roadmap to address the...
Govt losing steam to resolve energy crisis
The government is losing steam to resolve the energy crisis due to a lack of expertise in the concerned ministries, failure to reduce the...
Energy crisis to be resolved through rational approach: Dr. Firdous
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday said that the government was striving hard to solve the energy crisis.Addressing...
Effective energy saving stressed
The USAID Power Distribution Programme in collaboration with the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) organised an interactive session on gender and effective energy saving...
Fiscal indiscipline, energy crises mar economy in 2011
The country’s 2011 economic story swung in tandem with the changing dynamics of international commodity prices and its subsequent impact on the external accounts,...
‘Make power production cost public’
A petition has been moved in the LHC for court directions to the government to inform the nation about the complete cost of production...
CDA asked to launch LED lights pilot project
The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has asked the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to first launch a pilot project of street lights based upon...
6 months on, Punjab Energy Department yet to spend a penny
The Punjab Energy Department has not spent even a single penny on any new power generation project, despite a lapse of six months when...
Sharifs’ political survival
During the hearing of Nawaz Sharif’s petition on Memogate in Supreme Court, he said that he had no confidence in the parliament. Therefore, he...
SECP seeks comments on Thermal Energy Order draft
Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has developed and approved draft Thermal Energy (Cost Accounting Records) Order, 2011, for the company engaged in...
