The business community has rejected the introduction of a new category/slab of protected consumers based on an average consumption of less than 200kWh, a statement said. Zubair Motiwala, who is chairman of the Businessmen Group and former president of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), attended the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) hearing, held on Monday regarding…
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The district administration started detaching Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders from commercial vehicles as it continued crackdown impounding overall 208 vehicles during last two days including 106 on the second day on Wednesday. The crackdown ordered by DC Ali Shahzad and led by secretary regional transport authority Rana Mohsin accompanying civil defence teams sealed seven LPG refilling units near general…
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A 100MW agricultural photovoltaic solar project fitted with Trina Solar’s 210 Vertex modules, situated in Luotian County, Hubei province, China, has been connected to the grid. The project, covering 160 hectares, uses Trina Solar’s 210 Vertex 550W series and is expected to generate 110 million kWh of electricity a year, offsetting 42,000 tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide…
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Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his government will build 10 new dams, adding that the Mohmand Dam will be completed in 2025 while the Diamer-Bhasha Dam project will finish by 2028. Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony of the fifth tunnel of Tarbela Dam on Thursday, the PM said that Pakistan will strive to become a hub of clean electricity…
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Pursuant to the uninterrupted provision of safe and reliable electric power to its valuable customers, K-Electric continues its efforts against illegal encroachments and the kunda network across Karachi. In this regard, KE teams successfully dismantled kunda-related encroachments in 6 locations in Korangi with the help of law enforcement agencies. Around 350 illegal and unsafe connections from the KE network were…
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Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) Director General Farzana Altaf Shah on Monday told the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change that the air pollutant ratio in the federal capital was calculated below permissible limits of National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS) since January. The committee meeting was chaired by Senator Muhammad Hamayun Mohmand. She apprised the forum that the most hazardous…
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The federal government on Wednesday gave an ex-post facto approval to a Rs29 billion road project against its own decision while also relaxing a statutory requirement for conducting feasibility study for another project. Headed by Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) took certain decisions, which have raised governance and prudent fiscal management related issues.…
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Sindh Minister for Energy Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh on Wednesday said that his department, Engro Energy Limited and a group of Karachi-based industrialists would soon ink a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a 400-megawatt solar-wind electricity generation power house to provide low-cost and uninterrupted power to the industrial units in Sindh, especially Karachi. In a statement, he said that the…
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The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) that met here on Wednesday under Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin did not approve the Pakistan Refinery Policy 2021, as Asad Umar, Federal Minister for Planning and Special Initiatives, opposed it arguing that the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCOE) was the right forum to take up refining policy. Expressing his annoyance over not being given the…
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Delay in floating tenders for import of the LNG spot cargoes and awarded contracts at higher rates by Pakistan LNG Ltd (PLL) resulted in losses of Rs10.6 billion in the financial year 2020-21. High prices of the LNG and gas shortages recently witnessed by the country is a result of poor planning for procurement of spot LNG cargoes by the…
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