Tag: Power
Cabinet meets today
The federal cabinet is meeting today (Wednesday) with a heavy agenda primarily revolving around country’s chronic power crisis and will also consider proposals of...
7pc decline in gas supply delivers blow to power sector
A significant erosion in gas supply to power sector has landed the power generation companies and consumers into serious trouble, leading to frequent hike...
NA to form special body on power crisis
As the House unanimously decided to form a special parliamentary committee on power crisis on Monday, winding up debate on power outages in the...
Power cuts will return if govt doesn’t cough up money soon
The country could face load shedding once again in the next few weeks if the Finance Ministry does not release more money for the...
Simply unacceptable!
That the ministry of water and power embarrassed itself, and the country, when a ministerial level delegation went unprepared to an MoU signing with...
Gas outages replace power outages
Various areas of the city have been facing gas outages for the last three days, Pakistan Today has learnt. Sources said the problem could...
Ministry incompetence delays energy project
Despite acute energy shortage, Pakistan has been unable to materialise the electricity import deal with the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan through Afghanistan due to...
Power price hike to mar SBP efforts to control inflation
The government’s intention to raise power tariff by four percent would be a serious blow to the efforts of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)...
Power theft campaign
Ministry of Water and Power has launched an anti-theft campaign on electronic and print media encouraging the people to call in those consumers who...
Four percent power tariff hike on the cards
The government is all set to jolt the people with a power tariff hike again, as the Ministry of Water and Power has sought...
UAE gifted power plant of 320MW to start generation from next...
The Minister for Water and Power, Syed Naveed Qamar has said that the 320 MW power plant gifted by the United Arab Emirates will...
Reformation of NEPRA a must to end power crisis
The government should take immediate steps for reforming the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) by appointing Chairman and members of the authority purely...
Opposition urges govt to overcome electricity theft
Opposition in the National Assembly has strongly urged to contain the rampant electricity theft, by getting rid of corrupt WAPDA officials, who had been...
Law and order, power crisis multiplying woes of marble sector
The volatile law and order situation in the country especially in Karachi during the last few months coupled with worsening load shedding has badly...
Power protests enter fifth day
The energy crisis continues with no let-up in sight which caused various cities to break into protest demonstrations and strikes.
Gujranwala sustained the spell of...
Hey the power troubles are from worse to bad!
The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has normalised the load shedding schedule in the metropolitan after stability was achieved in electricity supplied by the...
