Tag: Power

China giving Pakistan a powerful hand

Whether it’s the $6 billion that CWE Investment Corp would be investing in Kohala and Karot hydropower projects; the $3 billion that Lightening Africa...

India to begin power supply to Bangladesh from September

  Plans of exporting electricity to Pakistan take backseat   In a big boost to cooperation in the South Asia region and marking the beginning of energy...

412 power pilferers arrested, more to follow

A special task force to curb gas and electricity theft arrested 412 pilferers including 378 from Lahore Electric Supply Company Limited (LESCO) and 34...

Citizens to get uninterrupted supply of power, CNG on Eid

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources on Monday decided to keep open compressed natural gas (CNG) stations during Eid holidays in larger public...

Establishment of wind power projects in wind corridor restarts: Motiwala

Sindh Board of Investment’s (SBI) Chairman Muhammad Zubair Motiwala said that Sindh possessed enormous potential in wind energy resources which could generate more than...

Continuous power, water outages annoy citizens

The residents of the Sohrab Goth locality staged demonstrated against water and electricity shortages at the Super Highway on Wednesday. According to reports, the...

Power shortfall reaches 5,500MW

The electricity shortfall has increased up to 5,500MW across the country and unannounced load shedding has reached up to 18 hours a day. Media reports...

Lalpir Power subscribed by 6.0x, strike price Rs22

Lalpir Power is the first IPO of 2013 in the booming Pakistan market, said market observers on Wednesday. “Lalpir six times subscribed, strike price Rs...

PM for speeding up work at Neelum-Jhelum project

  Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed authorities concerned to speed up the pace of work on Neelum-Jhelum Hydro Power Project to save the people...

KESC wants hike in power tariff

The Karachiites are braving prolonged power outages amid scorching heat, but the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) is planning to add to their woes...

Power shortfall tips the 7,500MW mark

  Water and Power Ministry says Rs 3.27 billion needed daily to overcome power shortfall   People across the country are facing the worst-ever electricity load shedding...

Power protests erupt as Finance Ministry releases Rs 15b to enhance...

    The Finance Ministry has released a sum of Rs 15 billion to the Ministry of Water and Power to ensure provision of fuel to...

Difficult decisions must to scale up power production: CJP

  Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has remarked that the government would have to take difficult decisions to scale up power production...

Power crisis worsens as PM springs into action

With the power shortfall intensifying further by climbing up to 6,900MW, Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has jumped into action and directed the...

Power generation raised to 11,000MW, says minister

    Minister for Water and Power Dr Musaddaq Malik on Monday said electricity generation had been increased to about 11,000MW due to steps taken by...

Next phase of transfer of power would be completed without any...

Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has reiterated that the next phase of transfer of power would be completed without any delay as stipulated...

A ‘new Sharif’ is set to return to power

Nawaz Sharif is set to form a new government in Pakistan. He was prime minister of the country twice in the 1990s. Experts hope...