Anti-theft campaign — will the latest succeed? Pakistan leads the way in the incidence of illegal abstraction of energy (theft of electricity in the legal lingo).... Updated 23 May, 2024 05:41am
Print Sell-off plan approvals: New independent directors appointed for 9 Discos ISLAMABAD: The federal government has appointed new independent directors for nine power Distribution Companies... Updated 22 May, 2024 12:01pm
Markets Reconstitution of Discos’ boards: CCoSOEs approves Power Division’s proposal ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) has approved the Power Division’s proposal for... Updated 21 May, 2024 10:11am
Print CPPA-G seeks adjustment in Discos’ tariffs for April ISLAMABAD: The Central Power Purchasing Agency-Guaranteed (CPPA-G) has sought positive adjustment of Rs 3.50 per... Updated 21 May, 2024 09:22am
Print FY23-27: Nepra clears ‘PAP’ submitted by Discos ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved combined Power Acquisition Programme... Updated 21 May, 2024 09:22am
Print TDS granted by govt to Discos liable to tax? LAHORE: The Tariff Differential Subsidy (TDS) granted by the federal government to the power distribution companies... Updated 19 May, 2024 09:32am
Print Q3: Nepra gives its nod to Rs52bn QTA for Discos, KE ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday gave its consent to approve Quarterly... Updated 18 May, 2024 04:59pm
Opinion Will the upcoming Disco boards be a fiasco again? Non-professionalism in the power sector has been dubbed as the main reason for the present rot. Here, the present... Published 16 May, 2024 06:28am
Print Revision of buyback rates: PM directs Nepra, PD to amend net metering rules ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is said to have directed the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority... Updated 16 May, 2024 12:07pm
Print PD gets PM’s nod for power tariff hike Federal Board of Revenue in consultation with Ministry of Finance to review overall taxes applicable on electricity consumers Updated 16 May, 2024 09:45am
Print AJK govt asked to set up its own Disco ISLAMABAD: The federal government has reportedly asked AJ&K government to establish its own power Distribution... Updated 15 May, 2024 08:50am
Opinion An anti-citizen policy? Governments are supposed to make people-friendly and welfare-oriented policies. Citizens should not be just tax... Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am
Opinion Electricity tariffs In Pakistan, it is a known fact that electricity is costly as compared to other countries of the region and its cost... Published 08 May, 2024 06:43am
Print QTA mechanism: Discos seek Rs1.60 per unit positive adjustment ISLAMABAD: Power Distribution Companies (Discos) have sought positive adjustment of up to Rs1.60 per unit to recover... Updated 08 May, 2024 10:10pm
Opinion The dumb national electricity policy of 2021 A good public policy is one that addresses a societal problem effectively, is based on evidence and research,... Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am
Opinion The solar lessons The “Cobra Effect” is a well-known and beloved anecdote in the annals of unanticipated consequences. The... Updated 02 May, 2024 05:29am
Print NTDC awarding contracts to ineligible bidders? ISLAMABAD: The National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) is said to have become a permanent headache for the... Updated 30 Apr, 2024 09:25am
Print Operations: KAPCO reluctant to opt for CTBCM ISLAMABAD: Kot Addu Power Company Limited (KAPCO) is reportedly reluctant to opt for operation under Competitive... Updated 26 Apr, 2024 09:16am
Editorials Chronic power defaulters EDITORIAL: So, once again the government faces the “challenging task” of extracting recoveries – this time more than... Published 25 Apr, 2024 03:05am
BR Research Load-shedding: Hiding the inefficiencies Pakistan once had so much capacity constraints that electricity load shedding was the only way out, a decade ago.... Published 23 Apr, 2024 08:40am
Print Chronic power defaulters: Govt faces challenging task of over Rs1trn recovery ISLAMABAD: The federal government has the challenging task of recovering the huge amount of over Rs1 trillion from... Updated 23 Apr, 2024 09:02am
Print Pakistan ‘highly vulnerable’ to impacts of climate change: WB ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has warned that Pakistan is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, with... Updated 23 Apr, 2024 08:37am
Print Sans formal govt approval: CPPA-G expresses inability to supply power to RSEZ ISLAMABAD: Central Power Purchasing Agency -Guaranteed (CPPA-G) has reportedly expressed its inability to supply... Updated 22 Apr, 2024 09:24am
Opinion Powering Pakistan: Transforming energy distribution for economic prosperity In Pakistan, the energy sector stands as both a pillar of progress and a stumbling block to prosperity. At the heart... Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am
Print Discos officials conniving with power thieves to face the music ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari said on Thursday that Discos officials conniving with... Updated 19 Apr, 2024 11:14pm
Print PM seeks urgent plan to revamp transmission system, Discos ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has sought a plan on a priority basis for improvement in the transmission... Updated 19 Apr, 2024 09:01am
Opinion Ending hopium—II SIFC (Special Investment Facilitation Council) and the last Caretaker Government had taken the elephant steps on... Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:24am
Markets Discos: minister irked by over-billing KARACHI: Sindh Provincial Minister for Energy Syed Nasir Shah has expressed anger and concern over over-billing to... Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:24am
Print World Bank concerned over delay in EDEIP completion for 3 Discos ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has raised alarm at the delay in completion of Electricity Distribution Efficiency... Updated 18 Apr, 2024 10:11am
Print FCA: CPPA-G plans to ‘extract’ Rs23bn from consumers ISLAMABAD: The Central Power Purchasing Agency-Guaranteed (CPPA-G) has planned to extract about Rs 23 billion from... Updated 18 Apr, 2024 09:25am