Senate Standing Committee on Power has decided to issue summons to Chairman, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) in case he fails to appear in the forthcoming meeting of the Committee. According to official documents, Chairman Standing Committee, Senator Saifullah Abro reminded Power Division officials that it was decided in the last Committee meeting that a fresh correspondence will be…
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The Petroleum Division has so far failed to wriggle the country’s refineries out of the ullage crisis that prompted them to operate with lower throughput because of increasing stock of the furnace oil in their storages, a senior official at the Energy Ministry told The News. Hammad Azhar, Federal Minister for Energy, on January 6, 2022 asked the refineries to…
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The Lahore High Court has directed Cabinet Division secretary to decide within 60 days a matter regarding the alleged illegal appointment of chairman of the National Transmission & Dispatch Company (NTDC). Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh issued the order disposing of a petition challenging the appointment of Naveed Ismail as the NTDC chairman. After arguing at length, the petitioner’s counsel stated…
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The Punjab government has sought permission from federal government to initiate process for development of waste-fired power projects of cumulative capacity of 150MW, in seven big cities under ARE Policy 2019. The permission has been sought by Managing Director, Punjab Power Development Board (PPDB) in a letter to Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar. The Managing Director also gave reference of…
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Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesday froze Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) bank accounts over non-payment of federal excise duty (FED) on air tickets, but later restored them after it was assured of early payment of dues. According to the apex revenue collector, PIA had to pay Rs4.5 billion in federal excise duty, which it has been charging its passengers…
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