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Khyber without medicines

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | May 21, 2013

KHYBER AGENCYSince long the tribesmen are facing shortage of health facilities in their respective areas and the situation got worse when the supply of medicines to 13 Basic Health Units (BHUs) have ...

Nepra to charge FPA from June

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | May 18, 2013

  ISLAMABAD National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has finally issued notifications of last eight month's fuel price adjustment (FPA) under which recovery from power consumers ...

Government finally sends gas utilities heads packing

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | May 15, 2013

islamabad - Caretaker federal government has finally sent heads of two state owned gas utilities Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited & Sui Southern Gas Company Limited on packing. Interestingly, ...

Zero power outages across country on election day

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | May 12, 2013

ISLAMABAD -  Over-burdened masses, already bearing the brunt of power loadshedding, suspension of compressed natural gas across the country for a long time, has witnessed zero power ...

Masses to get relief from loadshedding today

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | May 11, 2013

Islamabad - As per elections strategy of the caretaker government, over burdened masses would witness zero power load shedding, uninterrupted oil and gas supply on polling day across Pakistan. To ...

Power sector faces Rs75b loss annually

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | May 10, 2013

islamabad - Caretaker water & power minister Musadiq Malik on Thursday said that though power sector is facing annual loss of Rs75 billion on account of oil theft and irregularities yet there ...

More outages if govt didn’t release Rs 10b

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | May 09, 2013

Islamabad - Owing to financial constraints of Pakistan State Oil (PSO), which is left with five days storage of furnace oil, already spiralling up power outages might worsen if the cash-starved ...

Up to Rs8.46 per litre relief in POL prices

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | May 01, 2013

Islamabad - Following the global downward trend in oil prices, the caretaker government on Tuesday passed on partial relief to the consumers by slashing oil prices up to Rs8.46 per litre, which would ...

Nepra hikes tariff by Rs1.35/unit

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | May 01, 2013

Islamabad- The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has increased the electricity tariff by Rs1.35/unit on account of monthly fuel price adjustment.NEPRA hearing was held over the ...

Ogra recommends cut in POL prices

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | April 30, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Prices of petroleum products are set to sink with the start of May as a cut up to Rs8.46/litre is likely to be announced, sources said on Monday. The sources also disclosed that Oil and ...

Wapda seeks massive 165pc hike in hydel power tariff

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | April 24, 2013

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 ...

YouTube may return next month

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | April 22, 2013

ISLAMABAD  - YouTube may return to Pakistan in the first week of May said sources. The video portal was blocked by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority over a blasphemous movie that drew ...

OMCs may cut POL prices

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | April 22, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Viewing the downward trend in the international oil market, country’s Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) are likely to slash the prices of POL up to Rs4/litre with the start of upcoming ...

Minister rejects proposal to stop supply to Punjab CNG sector

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | April 21, 2013

ISLAMABAD - A meeting held under petroleum minister to review gas load management plan Saturday failed to take a decision to suspend the supply of 454mcfd gas to inefficient captive power plants ...

Ministry pledges to release Rs 10b to tackle power crisis

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | April 17, 2013

ISLAMABAD - With unrelenting efforts of Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso prospects of release of funds to tackle power crisis has brighten as high ups of the Finance Ministry Tuesday pledged to ...

IMF asks to introduce power sector reforms

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | April 15, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Ahead of fast approaching general elections, power situation across the country may witness improvements if Pakistan succeeds to engage International Monetary Funds (IMF) in reducing its ...

Former PM’s directives shock Senate body

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | April 12, 2013

ISLAMABAD - A shocking disclosure about the issuance of directives by former Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to initiate new gas development schemes worth Rs 48 billion for new towns and villages ...

PSO has no money to import furnace oil

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | April 10, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Amid countrywide worsening power outages coupled with cash starvation like situation at the government’s end, hours long loadshedding to continue in near future as Pakistan State ...

Power crisis spiralling up

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | April 09, 2013

ISLAMABAD – As no concrete measures have so far been taken by the government to meet the growing energy needs, power crisis is all set to balloon out of control in the near future, sources said ...

Minister bans summoning Discos BoD meetings

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | April 05, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Caretaker water and power minister Dr Musadiq Malik in his first order has imposed ban on summoning meeting of Board of Directors (BoD) of country's power distributing companies (Discos), ...

Cut connections or face prosecution: Nab

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | April 05, 2013

ISLAMABAD- National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has advised the Water and Power Ministry to disconnect electricity connections of influential private defaulters by today otherwise there would be ...

Govt lifts ban on issuing new licences to LDI operators

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | April 03, 2013

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan, after passing of six long years, has now lifted ban on issuing new licences to the long distance international (LDI) operators, it was learnt on Tuesday.Sources in ...

Rs0.63 per unit power tariff hike

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | April 03, 2013

ISLAMABAD – The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority on Tuesday hiked power tariff by Rs0.63 per unit on the account of fuel price adjustment, over a request from the Central Power ...

Ogra denies licences for 80 CNG stations

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | March 31, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Despite having approval from former Prime Minister (PM) for almost eighty Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations, officials of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) have declined to ...

POL prices set to dive

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | March 30, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Friday sent a summary to Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, recommending a reduction of up to Rs08.03 per litre in petroleum prices. In line ...

Irsa body fails to reach consensus

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | March 26, 2013

ISLAMABAD - A technical committee of Indus River System Authority (IRSA) mandated with a task to determine the provincial quotas by setting the division of water for Kharif crop failed to reach on ...

Petroleum Ministry seeks security for working IP gas pipeline

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | March 23, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Feeling security threat during the construction of 781km Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has sought security from the Ministry of Interior ...

OGDCL blue-eyed get promotions

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | March 22, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Making sheer mockery and utter violation of necessary rules and procedures, five blue-eyed officials at Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) have been promoted to lucrative ...

CCP to seek SC guidance on tax over intel calls

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | March 15, 2013

ISLAMABAD – Legal row over the imposition of additional Inland Housing Clearance (IHC) tax over incoming international calls to Pakistan has deepened following the stay order issued by Sindh ...

Power tariff up by Rs1.55/unit

By: Ahmad Ahmadani | March 15, 2013

ISLAMABAD – The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority on Thursday approved a hike of Rs1.55/unit in electricity tariff on account of monthly fuel price adjustment for the month of ...

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