NEPRA notifies tariff hike of Rs1.61 per unit

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ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has notified a power tariff hike of Rs1.61 per unit on account of fuel charges adjustment (FCA) for April 2023. According to a notification issued by Nepra, the tariff hike will not be applicable to lifeline consumers and electric vehicle charging stations while power distribution companies (DISCOs) will show the increase in…

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Massive exodus as super cyclone looms

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Thousands of people living in coastal towns and small islands in Thatta, Sujawal and Badin districts on Tuesday left their homes for safer places, two days before a ferocious cyclone was expected to make a landfall on Thursday (tomorrow) afternoon. Classified as a “Very Severe Cyclonic Storm” of Category 3, Biparjoy is expected to land around Thursday evening between Karachi…

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LPG tankers await customs clearance at Torkham

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KHYBER: At least 15 tankers filled with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) still await customs clearance at the Torkham border after they arrived from Central Asian states via the land route of Afghanistan about three weeks ago. A private company in Peshawar had signed an agreement to import around 60,000 tonnes of LPG from different Central Asian states a few months…

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