Hundreds storm Sibi power station over long outages QUETTA: Hundreds of people in one of hottest cities stormed a power station in protest against cuts lasting up to 20... Published 06 Jul, 2024 05:18am
Print ‘Further sales tax’ and ‘extra sales tax’: conflicting FBR accounts cause a great deal of confusion ISLAMABAD: The conflicting legal clarifications of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on the chargeability of extra... Updated 03 Nov, 2023 10:11am
Opinion Privatising Discos: tread with caution On 13th July 2023, IMF’s Executive Board while approving US$3 billion Stand-by Arrangement (SBA) for Pakistan... Updated 10 Oct, 2023 06:49am
Opinion Govt as the biggest power defaulter The media is replete with news of the Power Sector – mostly negative. Most recently, it is the exorbitant bills... Updated 17 Sep, 2023 06:37am
Markets HCPC accuses govt, Nepra of damaging it financially ISLAMABAD: Habibullah Coastal Power Company (HCPC) has reportedly accused the government and National Electric Power... Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am
Business & Finance Qesco seeks 44pc increase in power tariff ISLAMABAD: The Quetta Electric Supply Company (Qesco) on Thursday sought an increase of 44 percent to Rs 39.23 per... Published 12 May, 2023 05:59am
Markets Discos inflict Rs170bn loss on exchequer KARACHI: The national exchequer has to bear a whopping Rs 170 billion financial loss on account of low collection of... Published 30 Jan, 2023 05:56am
Pakistan Banks, shops reopened in Gwadar, chief secretary told QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Secretary Abdul Aziz Ugaili on Monday chaired a high-level meeting to review the current... Published 03 Jan, 2023 03:25am
Markets July 2019 to June 2021: Nepra imposes Rs10m fine on Qesco over fatal incidents ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has imposed a fine of Rs 10 million on Quetta... Published 06 Jul, 2022 08:10am
Pakistan MNAs express anger at power load-shedding, corruption, other issues ISLAMABAD: Members of National Assembly across the political divide expressed their anger at the prolonged... Published 11 Jan, 2022 06:33am
Markets Operation fee, tariff petition: Nepra quizzes CPPA-G and Qesco ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Wednesday quizzed Central Power Purchasing... Published 11 Nov, 2021 05:20am
Print Power subsidy rationalisation plan unveiled Move aims to trim down the number of beneficiaries of non Time of Use (ToU) domestic consumers and increase tariff of consumers using over 200 units in a month through new slabs Updated 10 Aug, 2021 09:31am
Markets Power supply to Makran Division from Iran suspended GWADAR: Three districts of Balochistan’s Makran Division facing a prolonged outage of power for two days owing to... Published 08 Jul, 2021 04:22am
Print ‘Forced’ load-shedding has been done away with: govt ISLAMABAD: The government on Saturday claimed that ‘forced’ load-shedding has been done away with after gradual... Updated 04 Jul, 2021 09:40am
Print Rs102bn earmarked for 97 power projects ISLAMABAD: The federal government has earmarked Rs 102 billion for 97 power sector projects/schemes for 2021-22 ... Published 12 Jun, 2021 05:04am
Print System facing 6,500MW shortfall ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has taken serious notice of countrywide power load... Published 10 Jun, 2021 03:22am
Print Nepra censures Discos, recommends privatisation ISLAMABAD: Showing grave concern at the continuous poor performance and data fudging by power Distribution Companies... Published 27 May, 2021 03:40am
Print Discos’ boards: PD notifies names of civil society, consumers reps ISLAMABAD: Power Division has nominated representatives of civil society and consumers on the Board of Directors of... Published 11 May, 2021 04:39am
Print Power Division notifies BoDs of three more Discos ISLAMABAD: The Power Division Thursday notified Board of Directors (BoDs) of three more power Distribution Companies... Published 23 Apr, 2021 05:12am
Pakistan Action against high handedness of QESCO EE demanded QUETTA: President Qaiser Colony Elaqae Ittehad Haibat Khan Nurzai has called on authorities to initiate legal... Updated 19 Apr, 2021 09:57am
Print Power distribution companies: World Bank proposes ‘Pakistan Model’ for private participation ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has proposed ‘Pakistan Model’ to hand over Distribution Companies (Discos) to the... Published 24 Mar, 2021 05:10am
Markets Bank of England charts path between Covid and inflation The UK economy slumped 2.9 percent in January from December, after the imposition of England's third lockdown. Updated 18 Mar, 2021 04:07pm
Print Amendment to PPC Act: Power theft to be made more stringent cognizable offence ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to expedite efforts for approval of amendment to the Pakistan Penal... Published 14 Mar, 2021 04:13am
Pakistan Wapda workers to stage demo in Islamabad ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Workers Union CBA is all set to stage another protest demonstration in... Published 15 Feb, 2021 04:53am
Markets Nepra's regional office established in Gwadar ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has established its regional office in Gwadar.... Published 13 Feb, 2021 04:11am
Print Second increase in 2 days: Nepra raises Discos’ tariffs by 83 paisa per unit ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory (Nepra) has increased tariffs of Distribution Companies (Discos) ... Updated 12 Feb, 2021 09:35am
Print Power plant at Gwadar: ECC’s approval sought for ‘unique’ QPPA ISLAMABAD: Power Division has sought approval of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet of an... Updated 27 Jan, 2021 10:12am