Tag: Supply

LAHORE - Sui Northern Gas Chairman Mian Misbahur Rahman inaugurated the laying-down of the pipelines for gas supply to Chinar Bagh Scheme, a project of the Greater Lahore Housing Society, Raiwind Road, Lahore, said a press statement released on Thursday.
The ceremony was attended by residents and other guests.
Punjab Ombudsman Khalid Mahmood, who was also present on the occasion, praised the efforts of the chairman and the executive committee of the housing scheme for

KARACHI - Pakistan State Oil(PSO) received one billion from Federal Government in order to provide furnace oil to Karachi Electric Supply Company(KESC) whereas SSGC despite court orders cut short gas supply to KESC hereon Tuesday.
According to a private TV channel report, Federal Government paid one billion rupees to PSO to restart oil supply to KESC whereas cutting short the gas supply upto 200 mmc.ft to KESC by SSGC raises fear of more load shedding in Karachi
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LAHORE - As a result of a sabotage activity, the main gas 36-inch pipeline at Guddu Barrage was ruptured Tuesday after which gas supply from Sui, Zamzama, Pir Koh, Loti and Hassan had been affected.
The curtailed gas supply has forced the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) to manage the load accordingly, resulting in some difficulties to the consumers.

KARACHI - The supply of commercial and strategic cargo to Afghanistan under Pak-Afghan Transit Trade (PATT) has resumed after witnessing over a month-long suspension, Pakistan Today learnt Monday.
According to importers and transporters, at least 10,000, Afghanistan-bound TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), carrying commercial and non-commercial cargo, were stuck up at the country's seaports.
The supply of goods to the neighbouring landlocked country had come to a complete

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is barely managing to ensure the smooth supply of fuel in the face of staggering receivables against different entities of over Rs 158 billion. "We are going through a tough time at the moment, finding it hard to ensure uninterrupted flow of fuel supply when entities in power sector and especially Pakistan Railways have adopted piece-meal approach in repaying our dues accumulated to Rs 900 million," the company's official told APP. The source hoped

KARACHI - The ship-mounted 232 MW rental power project is likely to commence operations on March 31 after overcoming minor technical glitches, APP has learnt. An official of the Turkish power ship, Karkey Karadenz, told APP on Friday that a delegation of the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) will meet with directors and technical staff of the rental ship on Saturday.
Despite in the state of readiness, the date for starting commercial operational will be notified to

LAHORE - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has threatened to block the supply route for NATO forces in Afghanistan if the US did not stop drone attacks inside the tribal areas of the country in a month.
Addressing a PTI rally at Qartaba Chowk against the desecration of the Holy Quran by a US priest, release of Raymond Davis and killing of innocent people in drone attacks, Imran asked the government to adopt immediate measures to stop the US strikes in the Tribal

KARACHI - Pakistan's banking sector is feared to weaken as money supply, propelled by the ever-increasing government borrowings, remains on the higher side. According to provisional data of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the Broad Money (M2), an economic indicator, showing liquidity in the economy, has soared to an alarming 9.44 percent to Rs 545.515 billion during July-March 12 FY11.
Last year, during July-March 13, the M2 had grown by 6.72 percent to Rs 345.093 billion. This

SIALKOT - The teams of GEPCO have restored the suspended electricity supply to the 15 tornado-hit villages near Head Marala, Sialkot. Gujranwala GEPCO Chief Executive Muhammad Ibrahim Majoka disclosed this while talking to journalists.
JI LEADER PASSES AWAY: Sialkot-based 78-year-old exporter and Jamaat-e-Islami Sialkot leader Professor Muhammad Ameen Javaid passed away after protracted illness. He was the father of ex-district nazim and former Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and

FAISALABAD - Uninterrupted gas and electricity supply to Faisalabad region is essential for the running of local industrial, commercial and agriculture sector which are a primary source of livelihood for millions of workers in the city, said Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) senior leader and leader of the opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Raja Riaz. He was speaking at a meeting of Faisalabad Electric Supply Company Limited (FESCO)'s Load Management Committee held at a local hotel. "I

KARACHI - Confusion and anomalies in the hurriedly issued SRO 231 (I) /2011 dated March 15, 2011 has brought the supply chain of goods manufactured by the five major export based industry of the country grinding to a complete halt.
Speaking to Pakistan Today on Monday, Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE) Association of Industry Chairman Abdul Wahab Lakhani has claimed that the ambiguity inherent in the recently issued SRO which he claims was hurriedly prepared to handle the

ISLAMABAD - Gas supply to fertilisers and Independent Power Producers (IPPs) will resume shortly.
Secretary Petroleum and Natural Resources Imtiaz Kazi said that the country was facing a daily gas shortfall of 900 million mmcfd against a total production of 4.20 billion mmcfd. He said that security problems were a hindrance to get 40 million mmcfd of gas production from reservoirs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
He added, as per contract dated 1983, that gas to the

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) Managing Director Rasul Khan Mahsud has said that electricity load-shedding could end in a day if full supply of furnace oil and gas was ensured.
Briefing the National Assembly Standing Committee on Water and Power on Friday, he said PEPCO had a daily furnace oil requirement of 27,000 tons, while Pakistan State Oil managed to provide only 18,000 tons every day. He said PEPCO's total gas requirements were of 780mmcfd but it

LAHORE - As many as 40 houses in the Zia Colony, Township are involved in gas theft and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) management has turned a blind eye to the situation, Pakistan Today learnt on Thursday. The colony's survey by Pakistan Today reveals that an illegal meter is installed in the colony and the rest of the houses are getting gas from it. Sources said that SNGPL officials are accommodating those gas connections and, despite repeated complaints, are not disconnecting

KARACHI - The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) is about to start work on K-IV Water Supply Project with an estimated cost of Rs 20 billion to meet the increasing demand of water, KWSB Managing Director (MD) Misbahuddin Farid said in a meeting on Tuesday.
The meeting was also attended by Karachi District Coordination Officer (DCO) Muhammad Hussain Syed, Municipal Services Department Executive District Officer Masood Alam, officials of the City District Government Karachi

LAHORE - Vegetable prices fell for the second consecutive week at various Sunday Bazaars in the city.
Customers complained about a lack of products at the bazaar. People were seen searching for vegetables but had to suffer due to an artificial shortage created by the price mechanism. Housewife Amna Tariq said that overcharging and a lack of fruits and vegetables has become a hallmark of Sunday Bazaars.
Vendors said that the administration fixed the prices without a proper

LAHORE - All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman Gohar Ejaz thanked President Asif Ali Zardari for immediately restoring gas to textile industries in Punjab and ensuring prompt compliance of the directive.
Addressing a news conference, here on Thursday, along with SNGPL Deputy Managing Director Shariq and APTMA office-bearers, Gohar Ejaz said that Faisalabad had been given preference in restoration of five weeks gas supply to industries in Punjab on the APTMA's