Subsidies to BISP recipients: Ministry seeks PD’s help to get consumers’ data from KE ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety (MPA&SS) has sought Power Division’s support to get... Updated 12 Oct, 2024 08:59am
Print Inflation decline, credit rating hike: PM derives satisfaction from indicators Says government committed to economic reforms Updated 02 Sep, 2024 03:28pm
Pakistan Power consumers: Punjab govt to give Rs45bn subsidy for 2 months: Nawaz LAHORE: Announcing that the PML-N-led Punjab government has decided to bring Rs 14 per unit relief in the bills of... Published 17 Aug, 2024 06:12am
Print PM welcomes Punjab CM’s package: It’s a pro-people move: PMO ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has welcomed Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s relief package for... Updated 17 Aug, 2024 05:32pm
Print Govt takes much of the credit for decline in food inflation ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum Dr Musadik Masood Malik on Thursday said that the positive impact of the... Updated 09 Aug, 2024 09:22am
Print Action ordered against officials involved in over-billing ISLAMABAD: A day after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took notice of over-billing of protected electricity consumers,... Updated 08 Jul, 2024 09:06am
Print Discos consumers: Govt all set to file motion with Nepra to adjust category-wise SoT ISLAMABAD: The federal government is all set to file a motion with National Electric Power Regulatory Authority... Updated 17 Jun, 2024 02:51pm
Editorials ‘Penalising honest consumers’ EDITORIAL: How on earth is the power minister going to “bring transparency to the power sector” if the... Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am
Print Consumers using up to 100 units in Sindh likely to get free electricity KARACHI: Provincial minister Nasir Hussain Shah on Thursday said that a plan has been prepared to provide free... Updated 31 May, 2024 08:37am
Opinion Electricity tariffs In Pakistan, it is a known fact that electricity is costly as compared to other countries of the region and its cost... Published 08 May, 2024 06:43am
Markets All Discos sans KE: Nepra hikes tariff by Rs4.56/unit ISLAMABAD: In yet another shock to the already overburdened power consumers, the National Electric Power Regulatory... Published 04 Feb, 2024 03:01am
Print ‘Winter package’ not allowed to see the light of day Govt fails to secure nod for industry package from IMF, sources says Updated 14 Nov, 2023 02:34pm
Opinion Power tariff – a flawed business model Power tariffs have recently been in the limelight – not for any other issue but for unaffordability of the same.... Published 07 Nov, 2023 07:07am
Print Industrial power consumers: FD terms proposed winter package ‘vague’ ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has reportedly termed the proposed four-month electricity ‘winter package’ for... Updated 31 Oct, 2023 09:50am
Print Identifying new taxpayers: Shamshad seeks data of electricity users ISLAMABAD: The caretaker Minister for Finance and Revenue, Dr Shamshad Akhtar, has sought updated data of... Updated 25 Sep, 2023 09:31am
Print Aug electricity bills: Consumers hit by Rs7.64 to Rs15 per unit hike: PD ISLAMABAD: The Power Division has revealed that domestic and commercial consumers have been hit by Rs 7.64 to Rs.... Updated 12 Sep, 2023 09:34am
Markets Massive crackdown launched to combat power theft ISLAMABAD: A massive crackdown has been launched by the Caretaker Government to combat the alarming surge in power... Published 11 Sep, 2023 06:32am
Opinion Bills: repenting for the sins of others Jolted by the severe backlash against highly inflated power bills resulting in protests across the country joined by... Published 09 Sep, 2023 06:20am
Pakistan Subsidy to electricity consumers: LCCI expresses dismay on govt’s ‘helplessness’ LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Thursday expressed surprise and dismay on... Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am
Editorials Same old story EDITORIAL: Perhaps successive governments have simply failed to understand the power sector circular debt issue from... Published 26 Aug, 2023 06:13am
Print Surplus power generation: Consumers to pay over Rs124bn capacity charges LESCO wants to recover the highest amount of Rs28.906bn followed by Multan Electric Supply Company Updated 25 Aug, 2023 09:47am
Print Quarterly adjustment thru power tariff hike: Govt seeks recovery of Rs146bn from consumers in 6 months ISLAMABAD: The government has sought the recovery of Rs146 billion from electricity consumers in the next six months... Updated 24 Aug, 2023 08:42am
Print Fatal incidents: Discos must complete old, new earthing in three months: Nepra ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) stated the DISCOs are required to take... Updated 18 Aug, 2023 09:43am
Business & Finance Pakistani consumers pay highest energy tax: expert KARACHI: The hike in energy rates is the biggest issue of our economy, as we are the highest tax paying energy... Published 10 Jul, 2023 06:52am
Print Consumers facing ‘massive’ power load-shedding, ‘inflated’ bills ISLAMABAD: The government’s inability, ill planning and financial woes have multiplied the miseries of electricity... Updated 24 Jun, 2023 08:50am
Pakistan Costly electricity to increase poverty: PDP chairman KARACHI: Costly electricity would further spur poverty in Pakistan, making life miserable for tens of millions of... Published 12 Mar, 2023 05:55am
Print ST on chronic power defaulters: FBR, PD fine-tuning recovery mechanism ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Power Division are giving final shape to mechanism for recovery of... Updated 09 Mar, 2023 08:52am
Business & Finance Nepra fails to resolve ‘overcharging’ dispute ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday failed to resolve a dispute on... Published 26 Jan, 2023 07:14am
Pakistan PM for ensuring ‘proper’ power supply during the winter ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the supply and demand of electricity should be closely... Published 21 Oct, 2022 05:57am
Business & Finance Discos’ tariffs increased ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has increased Discos tariffs by Rs 3.21 per unit for... Updated 15 Oct, 2022 12:10pm