KARACHI: The President, SITE Association of Industry Muhammad Kamran Arbi, while welcoming the decision of the federal government to allow power tariff @ 9 cents / KWh to industrial consumers, has demanded the Govt. to issue the Notification of the same immediately.He said that power tariff reduction to 9 cents/kWh will not only help in restoration of industrial competitiveness and…
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Commitment for CPEC success renewed
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China on Monday renewed their commitment for the success of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as the two sides expressed their desire for enhanced cooperation in the areas of information technology, economy, agriculture, and human resource development. Both sides expressed this resolve during a series of meetings of visiting China’s Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong with President Arif…
Read MoreSAP and K-Electric join hands
KARACHI: K-Electric has decided to upgrade it SAP platform to S/4HANA Rise which is a Cloud Computing SAP software. The purpose of this data migration is to enhance the overall productivity of the company. The agreement was signed between Systems Limited, SAP and K-Electric, during SAP’s Discovery Day event, held in Karachi. K-Electric will shift the entire SAP landscape onto…
Read MoreFinancial close: PPIB board grants 4-month extension to Turkish firm
ISLAMABAD: The Board of Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) has granted extension of four months to Turkish firm M/s Zorlu Solar Pakistan Limited (ZSPL) in financial close without doubling the Performance Guarantee (PG), well-informed sources told Business Recorder. ZSPL, in its letter of November 16, 2023 requested the PPIB for grant of four-month extension in the FC date under the…
Read MoreShanghai Electric extends deadline for K-Electric deal by 90 days
KARACHI: China’s Shanghai Electric Power Company Limited (SEP) has extended its deadline to buy a majority stake in K-Electric Limited (KEL) by 90 days, the brokerage house managing the deal said on Monday. SEP, which agreed to acquire 66.40 percent of KEL’s shares for $1.77 billion in 2016, has faced delays in obtaining regulatory approvals from both China and Pakistan.…
Read MoreUnder IMF radar: FBR declines $50m tax exemption for TAPI gas project
ISLAMABAD: The tax collecting agency of the country is evasive from including the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) gas pipeline project in the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection (FIPPA) Act 2022 as it would cost the tax exemption of $40-50 million which is not possible since the country is very much in the discipline of IMF, senior officials of the Energy Ministry told…
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