Power sector: going to real circus is more fun EDITORIAL: Managing power tariffs is one of the biggest challenges for the government. The government claims it will... Published 20 Jan, 2025 05:31am
Pakistan Pakistan has successfully come out of default danger: coordinator to PM FAISALABAD: Pakistan has come out of the danger of default due to the positive policy interventions while it was now... Published 19 Jan, 2025 02:47am
Business & Finance Govt committed to reviving economy in collaboration with business community: Tanveer LAHORE: Federal Minister for Industries and Production Rana Tanveer Hussain has said that the government is ... Published 19 Jan, 2025 02:47am
Print Issues facing French IPPs come under discussion ISLAMABAD: French ambassador to Pakistan, Nicolas Galey on Thursday reached Power Division to hold a meeting with... Updated 17 Jan, 2025 09:19am
Print Independent market being set up: Govt to stop purchasing power soon, NA told ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari informed the National Assembly on Wednesday that the government... Updated 16 Jan, 2025 09:40am
Print Rs10-11/unit fall in power tariff likely: Cabinet clears revised pacts with 14 IPPs ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved revised agreements with 14 Independent Power Producers (IPPs),... Updated 15 Jan, 2025 12:21pm
Business & Finance Federal cabinet approves proposal to revise agreements with 14 IPPs: PMO Revised agreements will include reduction of Rs802 billion in profits, costs of independent power producers Updated 14 Jan, 2025 11:06pm
Print Chinese Exim Bank refuses to extend concessional loans Cites a limited window and concerns over non-payment or delayed payments to Chinese companies operating Independent Power Producers Updated 13 Jan, 2025 02:42pm
Opinion PIA privatisation: taking off? The PIA privatisation efforts are back, and the chances of the deal moving forward this time are high. The previous... Published 13 Jan, 2025 03:06am
Pakistan JI assails ‘class-based’ system, demands govt reduce power tariffs LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has announced a nationwide protest on January 17 to demand a... Published 10 Jan, 2025 03:51am
Print Revised IPP contracts: Govt says consumers to get Rs1.1trn benefit ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Ahmad Leghari, has stated that the financial benefit of the revised... Updated 10 Jan, 2025 09:28am
Markets Govt saved Rs1.1 trillion through talks with IPPs: Awais Leghari Minister for Power Division Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Thursday claimed that “successful negotiations” with... Published 09 Jan, 2025 10:36pm
Editorials State of the economy EDITORIAL: The December 2024 Economic Update and Outlook, a monthly publication uploaded on the Finance Division... Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:22am
Print Senate panel told: Talks with 16 IPPs likely to yield results soon ISLAMABAD: Following the termination of contracts of five independent power producers (IPPs), negotiations with 16... Updated 02 Jan, 2025 09:43am
Opinion Happy New Year? This, they say traditionally, is the turn-of-the-year season to be jolly. But even a cursory glance at the... Updated 31 Dec, 2024 07:06am
Print Talks with IPPs help govt save Rs 1trn? Minister for Power says settlement of contracts with 16 additional IPPs would result in a national savings of Rs481 billion Updated 29 Dec, 2024 04:07pm
Markets Talks with Chinese IPPs initiated, says Leghari Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari said the government has initiated talks with the Chinese... Updated 28 Dec, 2024 06:07pm
Opinion Essentials for foreign investments Every investment carries risk, for which rule of law is essentially required. Agreements must be honoured and... Published 26 Dec, 2024 07:03am
BR Research Fixing the grid demands holistic and urgent intervention As per NEPRA’s performance evaluation report on power plants, 82 percent of electricity costs in FY24 were... Published 23 Dec, 2024 09:23am
Print Positive GDP growth rate unlikely? Dr Hafeez Pasha says this is due to negative growth in the large-scale manufacturing industries and a decline in major agriculture crops Updated 23 Dec, 2024 10:51am
Editorials Tax receipts must improve EDITORIAL: Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Rashid Mehmood Langrial while addressing the Lahore Chamber of... Updated 23 Dec, 2024 08:17am
Perspectives Revamping IPPs: lessons from international practices Pakistan’s energy sector has long been a key contributor to the country’s economic growth and development, but it... Published 19 Dec, 2024 11:39pm
Print Energy sector: France concerned at ‘challenges’ faced by its firms ISLAMABAD: Following Germany and United Kingdom (UK), France has also raised its concerns on challenges being faced... Updated 19 Dec, 2024 03:03pm
Editorials MPS: further cut in key interest rate EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) reduced the policy rate by 200 basis points to 13 percent during... Published 18 Dec, 2024 07:11am
BR Research Reforming generation and transmission NEPRA’s latest report exposes Pakistan’s power sector for what it is: a circus of inefficiency. Over 45,000 MW of... Published 16 Dec, 2024 08:51am
Opinion Invest, but not for profit The government and other key actors are grappling with conflicting objectives in addressing Pakistan’s economic... Updated 16 Dec, 2024 07:45am
Opinion CTBCM stillborn Pakistan’s energy sector stands ensnared in inefficiencies, financial instability, and a chronic inability to... Updated 16 Dec, 2024 07:58am
Print 8 baggasse-fired IPPs: Settlement deals okayed by Cabinet Central Power Purchasing Agency to approach National Electric Power Regulatory Authority to reduce the tariff of electricity generated by these plants Updated 11 Dec, 2024 03:10pm
Opinion Examining the Ministry of Energy’s new deforms and their implications Since the unbundling of WAPDA, the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) has been one of the few power... Updated 09 Dec, 2024 08:23am
Print A large number of IPPs shift to SOFR: Nepra approves two formulas ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved two formulas for transition from... Updated 06 Dec, 2024 02:18pm