Tag: Power
NEPRA approves hiking power tariffs by Rs1.77 per unit
National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) approved to hike power tariffs by Rs1.77 per unit on request of Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA). The...
NA special committee looks for end to power crisis
Electing Usman Khan Taraki as its Chairman, the National Assembly Special Committee decided on Thursday to start holding regular meetings to finalise recommendations for...
Power tariffs likely to surge
Power tariffs are expected to surge once again by Rs 1.77 per unit on a request made by Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA). Power...
Politics of protests
Pakistan is a country where democracy is struggling to make its roots strong and deeper. But there are many hindrances on its way to...
93% view power shortage as serious problem
A large majority, 93 percent of the people, views electricity shortages and load shedding in their localities as very serious (57 percent) or serious...
KP to take soft WB loans for power projects
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister and spokesman of the provincial government Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said the government would take soft loan from the World...
PEPCO dissolution no answer
Dissolving PEPCO without eliminating root causes of its inefficiencies and forming CPPA to work with similar infrastructure and processes would be a complete failure...
PTI to show off its power at Minar-e-Pakistan
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) would stage a massive public rally against the government at 2pm in the ground of Minar-e-Pakistan on Sunday.
On this occasion, Pakistan...
Wind turbines to enhance output by 56.4MW
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided a loan of $36.8 million to Pakistan’s first privately owned wind farm by a Turkish company, Zorlu...
The arrogant drumbeat of money power
The financial calamity that struck the world back in 2007 resulted in the global economy shrinking by 6 per cent in a span of...
Govt to release Rs30b to avoid power shortages
Faced with the onslaught of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) against the power outages, the government has decided to release Rs30 billion within the...
Repeated water and power mistakes
Provided the prime minister’s inauguration of the Diamer-Bhasha dam is not a repeat performance of previous stalled attempts to get the ball rolling on...
Power crisis likely to return within few days
The country is likely to be hit by power crisis again within a few days as payment of Rs 28 billion has not been...
Rs 780m being paid to power ship every month, NA told
Around Rs 780 million is being paid every month to Karkey Ship Mounted Rental Power Plant, currently producing only 51MW of electricity, on account...
More of the same
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has allowed Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to increase Rs 3.04 per unit (kwh) for all consumers. According to...
President directs early implementation of power projects
President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday directed the Ministries of Petroleum and Water and Power to take all steps for early implementation on all...
Government looks to end the ‘power struggle’
The federal cabinet finalised a number of short-term measures to overcome the power crisis on Wednesday, including two weekly holidays, closure of markets at...
