Rising Sensitive Price Index: sensitive matter EDITORIAL: The year-on-year (YoY) increase in the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) remained worryingly high at 29.65... Published 31 Oct, 2023 05:26am
Markets Expert explains how hike in power tariffs hurting people KARACHI: Extraordinary increase in the electricity charges has become a menace for the common man and industry, ... Published 23 Oct, 2023 05:58am
Print FPA, QTA in electricity bills: SC sets aside LHC verdict Declares Fuel Price Adjustment (FPA) and Quarter Tariff Adjustment (QTA) in electricity bills as illegal and without lawful authority Updated 17 Oct, 2023 09:35am
Print ‘Inflated’ bills: Intelligence agency comes to the rescue of power consumers? Agency has prompted caretaker government to intervene and take action to provide immediate relief Updated 10 Oct, 2023 12:40pm
Print ‘FPA, QTA in power bills’: SC issues notices to AGP, respondents ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court issued notice to the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) and respondents in petitions... Updated 04 Oct, 2023 08:34am
Print ‘Unholy’ pacts with IPPs must be reviewed: Senate panel ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat recommended that there is an essential need to... Updated 28 Sep, 2023 10:08am
Business & Finance Industrialist underscores need for reducing electricity losses LAHORE: Chairman Kattar Band Road Industrial Association and former vice president of Lahore Chamber of Commerce and... Published 28 Sep, 2023 05:33am
Editorials Household debt cycle EDITORIAL: One of the enduring lessons of economic downturns is that they run households, especially middle- and... Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am
Print Closed industrial units: Minister advocates payment of power bills in instalments Caretaker Minister for Commerce and Industry says there are one million unemployed across the country due to the closure of industrial units Updated 23 Sep, 2023 08:45pm
Opinion Moving from failure to failure successfully? Winston Churchill said, ‘Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm’.... Published 18 Sep, 2023 07:14am
Pakistan AJK PM resolves to raise voice for rights of people at every forum MIRPUR (AJK): Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq, while reiterating his commitment to serve... Published 17 Sep, 2023 06:05am
Opinion Govt as the biggest power defaulter The media is replete with news of the Power Sector – mostly negative. Most recently, it is the exorbitant bills... Updated 17 Sep, 2023 06:37am
Markets Nepra grills CEOs of Discos for inflated electricity bills ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday grilled Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)... Updated 13 Sep, 2023 09:12am
Business & Finance ‘High power cost damages industry, SMEs badly’ KARACHI: Increased cost of electricity is quite painful and it has damaged the industry, SMEs and the household... Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:22am
Print Aug electricity bills: Consumers hit by Rs7.64 to Rs15 per unit hike: PD ISLAMABAD: The Power Division has revealed that domestic and commercial consumers have been hit by Rs 7.64 to Rs.... Updated 12 Sep, 2023 09:34am
Opinion The energy quagmire When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. ‘Increase electricity consumption to lower the... Published 11 Sep, 2023 07:00am
Opinion Failure of power sector: stop the blame game It was only recently that the Senate Standing Committee on Power on unbraided the top brass of Power Division for... Published 10 Sep, 2023 03:20am
Opinion Bills: repenting for the sins of others Jolted by the severe backlash against highly inflated power bills resulting in protests across the country joined by... Published 09 Sep, 2023 06:20am
Print FCA mechanism: DISCOs’ July tariff raised by Rs1.46 per unit ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has increased tariff of power Distribution... Updated 09 Sep, 2023 08:44am
BR Research Electricity: Use more, not less The crackdown season is in full swing – from exchange companies hoarding dollars to those hoarding sugar, and... Published 08 Sep, 2023 08:43am
Markets Further hike in power tariff: Traders staging protest demo outside Nepra office today KARACHI: In response to a contentious proposal for yet another increase in the electricity prices, traders are... Published 08 Sep, 2023 06:01am
Business & Finance Governor apprises minister about KCCI concerns on energy issues ISLAMABAD: Governor Sindh, Kamran Tessori on Thursday called on caretaker Federal Minister for Energy Muhammad Ali... Published 08 Sep, 2023 06:01am
Print Govt to tighten the noose around power thieves ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to launch crackdown across the country against electricity theft,... Updated 07 Sep, 2023 09:17am
Editorials A little light at the end of the tunnel? EDITORIAL: A visible intent of the stakeholders to deal with smuggling and endemic corruption recently shared during... Published 07 Sep, 2023 06:21am
Opinion Energy efficiency in buildings During the last week of August 2023, people were taken aback when they received their electricity bills. Even those... Updated 06 Sep, 2023 11:01am
Print Inflated electricity bills: Senate body assails Power Div for ‘incompetence’ ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Power on Tuesday scolded the top brass of Power Division for shifting burden... Updated 06 Sep, 2023 09:45am
Opinion Have the people risen? Arriving on the back of backbreaking inflation across the board, the increased tariff in electricity bills has ... Updated 05 Sep, 2023 07:12am
Print ‘Inflated’ power bills: Obdurate IMF refuses to buy into govt data Conveys its disagreement to the data provided by the federal government Updated 05 Sep, 2023 10:03am
Print Provinces, LEAs to be taken on board: PM asks power sector to act against defaulters ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar has asked the power sector to take immediate action against... Updated 05 Sep, 2023 09:59am
Print Gallup Survey: Default seems imminent, say businesses KARACHI: Majority of Pakistan’s businesses are “not hopeful at all” about the ability of caretaker Prime Minister... Updated 05 Sep, 2023 09:12am