Tag: Khwaja asif

Some rain – just what power minister had wished for!

A few days after Minister for Water and Power Khwaja Asif apologised to the nation for prolonged outages, asking them to pray for rain,...

Asif placates an angry Khattak

KP CM, PTI workers protest at PESCO office, threaten Centre they will cut off electricity supply to Punjab Federal minister assures resolution of power-related problems...

Power minister cuts a ‘sorry’ figure

One should not forget that the government had just cleared the entire circular debt a year before July and there were no system constraints. Every machine was running to its capacity. Now the circular debt has reared its head. Fuel supplies have been squeezed; the sector is getting around 22,000 tons furnace oil against total the demand of around 36,000 tons. So, the situation is bound to worsen.

Govt doing its best to end outages: Asif

SIALKOT ONLINE   Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said the government was utilizing all resources for power generation to end the load-shedding. According to...

Expect no relief – outages are meant to stay!

Power minister says Rs 3.2 b recovered in campaign against electricity bill defaulters, vows not to provide electricity to defaulters – government being one...

Country may face famine if appropriate measures not taken: Asif

The country may face a famine in the next 10 to 15 years if appropriate measures are not taken, Minister for Water and Power...

Govt to hike power tariff, withdraw subsidy: Asif

  Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif has the new energy policy envisaged measures to end load shedding‚ bringing down generation cost and...

PML-N’s Asif moves SC against postings, transfers by caretaker PM

  Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khwaja Asif on Monday challenged the appointments and transfers made by caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso against...

This League and that

Confusion all around Will the real PML(N) please stand up? This is getting rather troublesome. Is it the League of post-exile Nawaz Sharif, who seems...

Two crises

Gas and power When it rains, it pours. The readers should brace themselves for two varieties of load shedding. First, gas and now, electric power....