ISLAMABAD - The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) is working on more than 20 projects in water sector with cumulative water storage capacity of about 13 million acre feet (MAF) and power generation of more than 21,000MW. Official source told APP here that completion of these projects ...

LAHORE (OUR STAFF REPORTER)Former Wapda Finance Director Ijaz A Babar has said that neither he ever became a state witness before National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in rental power projects (RPPs) case nor he handed over any sensitive documents to NAB in this case. Accompanied by his lawyer Raja ...

lahore - Wapda spokesman has said that Water and Power Development Authority has no role in electricity load shedding in the country.In a statement issued from here on Friday, the spokesman added that subsequent to introduction of the power sector reforms and unbundling of Wapda’s Power Wing ...

LAHORE (PR): Thousands WAPDA Workers took out a large procession under the aegis of" ALL PAKISTAN Wapda Hydro Electric Workers Union (Regd) from Bakhtiar Labour Hall led by Trade Union leader Khurshid Ahmed accompanied by Rana Abdul Shakoor, Malik Ehsanullah, Zajiod Kazmi, Rana Muhammad Akram, ...

ISLAMABAD - WAPDA’s renegade former Chairman Gen (r) Zahid Ali Akbar has been detained in Bosnia with the help of Interpol. He was wanted to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a case of making assets beyond means to the tune of Rs267.61 million.The Bureau was reportedly making ...

lahore - Wapda has completed detailed engineering design and tender documents of the 7100 megawatt (MW)-Bunji Hydropower Project, and will soon initiate the process to undertake construction of this largest hydropower project in Pakistan.Wapda Chairman Syed Raghib Abbas Shah expressed these views ...

LAHODRE (PR): Registrar Industry-Wise Trade Union Islamabad has fixed May 29 for holding referendum in WAPDA/Corporatised Elecy. More than one hundred fifty thousands workers will participate in the referendum. This order has been made in compliance with the directive issued by Justice Shaukat Aziz ...

LAHORE (OUR STAFF REPORTER):   The Wapda is committed to complete under-construction phase-I of Kachhi Canal Project at the earliest despite financial constraints and difficult law and order situation in the project area, said the authority chairman Syed Raghib Abbas Shah on ...

islamabad - Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has sought 165 per cent hike in the prices of hydel power from NEPRA while the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) has also asked to approve Rs 2.20/unit increase in electricity tariff on account of monthly fuel price adjustment.At ...

KARACHIA third successive century from Rafatullah Mohmand and a four-wicket spell from Junaid Khan helped Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) storm into the final of the President's One-day Cup, by crushing National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) by 119 runs here at the National Stadiu. Wapda ...

ISLAMABAD - Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has started construction work on Darawat dam and Nai Gaj dam in Sindh province.According to an official of WAPDA, the dams would irrigate over barren land of Hyderabad and Dadu. The construction of site camps is completed including soil ...

Islamabad  - Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has asked WAPDA to ensure uninterrupted power supply in order to facilitate printing of ballot papers. The ECP has written a letter to WAPDA, further asking to make alternative power supply arrangements, including generators, in the wake of ...

FAISALABAD - A plan should be worked out to utilise Wapda Hospital for general public by awarding it the status of a teaching hospital and affiliate it with a medical college.Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Rana Abdul Jabbar Khan stated this during his ...

ISLAMABAD - Ostensibly succumbing to the pressure of financial institutions including World Bank, Asian Development Bank, International Monetary Funds (IMF), USAID etc, the caretaker government has denotified the appointment of Wapda chairman Syed Raghib Shah as power sector coordinator. Earlier, ...

LAHORE – Amid Wapda’s claim shortfall of mere 3,000MW in national grid, long duration loadshedding is continuing across the country.Wapda spokesman said on Tuesday said that the generation stood on 9,200MW against the national wide demand of 12,200MW and that there was 3,000MW gap ...

PESHAWAR – Four kidnapped employees of WAPDA mysteriously reached home, when militants released him from an unknown location in tribal area on Sunday.On April 02, a dozen of armed militants attacked Sheikh Mohammadi grid station with rockets and sophisticated weapons and also killed three ...

FAISALABAD - Wapda Chairman Syed Raghib Abbas Shah said that non-functional powerhouses would be made functional to meet the increased demand of electricity during upcoming summer season.He was talking to a delegation of CBA Pegham Union during his visit to Faisalabad. He said that the total ...

Lahore – A statement issued by Wapda on Monday revealed that Gencos Holding Company’s CEO Naveed Ismail has been terminated on account of poor performance.The contract of Naveed Ismail has been terminated as per the direction of Wapda Chairman with immediate effect. Another notification ...

LAHORE – Pakistan Army Engineer-in-Chief Lt. Gen. Najeeb Ullah, Balochistan Chief Secretary, Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) Director General and others Thursday attended a briefing about Kachhi Canal Project at Dera Ghazi Khan.Wapda Secretary Muhammad Imtiaz Tajwar, Member (Water) Hasnain ...

SADIQABAD - Following the directives issued by Punjab Governor Syed Ahmad Mehmood to Wapda and SNGPL to decrease the duration of loadshedding of gas and electricity, the departments have increased the loadshedding by hours without an announcement here, it is learnt. The residents of Sadiqabad ...

LAHORE – The Wapda Friday initiated four development schemes worth Rs645 million in the vicinity of Mangla Dam Raising Project as confidence building measures, besides spending Rs70 billion on compensation of land and resettlement works for affectees of the project. The new schemes included ...

There is a theft of national wealth in almost every government department, but perhaps Wapda tops them all. There are all kinds of businesses under jurisdiction of Wapda subdivision such as flourmills, showrooms, hotels, tube wells and so on, which consume a large bulk of electricity. Perhaps, ...

ISLAMABAD – High-ups of Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) in an important meeting with representatives of United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Thursday, handed over draft copy of financing plan on much needed Diamer Bhasha Dam, reliable sources have told ...

ISLAMABAD - Wapda clinched the inaugural PPL/PTF Trophy 2013 after thrashing Punjab 2-0 in the final here at the Senator Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex on Saturday. In the first singles final, Pakistan No 1 Aqeel Khan displayed powerful tennis from the baseline and eliminated Heera Ashiq in ...

LAHORE – Wapda not only emerged as new champion in the 32nd National Games but also clinched the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy after notching up 190 gold medals in the event. The simple but impressive concluding ceremony of the National Games was held here at the Railway Stadium on Friday in which a ...

LAHORE – Wapda outclassed all the teams in the medal winning race by notching up 70 more gold medals in their total 146 gold medals in the 32nd National Games here at the various venues of the city. On the sixth day of the Games, Wapda won overall 146 gold medals, 42 silver and 25 bronze, HEC ...

LAHORE - Wapda leading the medal table of the 32nd National Games as they grabbed 28 more gold medals while HEC replaced Sindh for the second position on the fifth day here at the various venues of the city. Wapda was leading with 76 gold medal, 31 silver, and 25 bronze medals while HEC clinched 14 ...

LAHORE - Wapda and Sindh retained their first and second positions with 48 and 11 gold medals while Punjab showed its class by grabbing the third position with 10 golds on the fourth day of the National Games here at the various venues of the city. Wapda on top of medal table with 48 gold medals, ...

LAHORE – Wapda maintained their supremacy with 26 gold medals on the third day of the 32nd National Games here at various venues of the city. Wapda was on top with 26 gold medals, 13 silvers and 13 bronze, Sindh was second with 11 golds, five silvers and eight bronze medals while HEC claimed ...

PESHAWAR - The Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Labour Union, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, held a protest demonstration on Wednesday against the delay in recovery of their abducted colleagues and asked the government to take solid steps to ensure early and safe recovery of the Wapda employees. The ...