Leghari orders action against worst-performing field officers Published 03 Jun, 2026 12:07pm PESCO and SEPCO suspend staff
June bills: Consumers set to receive 20 paisa per unit relief Published 03 Jun, 2026 02:34am ISLAMABAD: Electricity consumers are set to receive a net relief of 20 paisa per unit in June 2026, as the...
Protected power consumers: Imtiaz opposes ‘withdrawal of subsidies’ Published 21 May, 2026 05:01am KARACHI: Former Sindh Energy Minister and Member of Provincial Assembly Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh has expressed serious...
Poor performance: DISCOs directed to take action against officers Updated 13 Mar, 2026 09:15am ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari has issued directives to all power...
Electricity consumers: when the numbers don’t add up Updated 17 Feb, 2026 09:16am The regulator has approved the government’s motion for changes in electricity tariffs, following the base tariff...
Business community opposes net metering regulations Published 12 Feb, 2026 04:44am KARACHI: The business community has raised alarm over the proposed Net Metering Regulations 2026, warning that...
Net-metering: Doing it the right way Updated 11 Feb, 2026 09:11am If you are reading this, you are probably fuming. Islamabad does no half measures. Either be a sitting duck and do...
Nepra approves flat Rs22.98 rate for industrial, agricultural electricity consumers Updated 09 Dec, 2025 11:00pm In October 2025, PM Shehbaz Sharif announced that industries and agricultural sector would be provided additional electricity at subsidised rates over next three years
Energy sector: Financial matters must be submitted to Cabinet Committee on Energy Updated 16 Nov, 2025 10:40am These directions come as the Cabinet ratifies an ECC decision titled “Rationalisation of LPI and Potential Tariff Reduction for Nuclear Power Plants
Power tariffs: Summer relief extends Updated 13 May, 2025 07:49am The summer season of massive relief continues for electricity consumers, as another Rs1.55/unit cut in lieu of...
PESCO chairman presents three-month action plan Published 05 May, 2025 06:14am PESHAWAR: Chairman PESCO Himayatullah Khan met with Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shahab Ali Shah, to present ...
Govt urged to reduce oil prices in line with global trends Published 06 Apr, 2025 05:44am KARACHI: Zubair Tufail, President of the United Business Group (UBG), has urged the government to significantly...
Subsidies to BISP recipients: Ministry seeks PD’s help to get consumers’ data from KE Updated 12 Oct, 2024 08:59am ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety (MPA&SS) has sought Power Division’s support to get...
Inflation decline, credit rating hike: PM derives satisfaction from indicators Updated 02 Sep, 2024 03:28pm Says government committed to economic reforms
Power consumers: Punjab govt to give Rs45bn subsidy for 2 months: Nawaz Published 17 Aug, 2024 06:12am LAHORE: Announcing that the PML-N-led Punjab government has decided to bring Rs 14 per unit relief in the bills of...
PM welcomes Punjab CM’s package: It’s a pro-people move: PMO Updated 17 Aug, 2024 05:32pm ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has welcomed Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s relief package for...
Govt takes much of the credit for decline in food inflation Updated 09 Aug, 2024 09:22am ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum Dr Musadik Masood Malik on Thursday said that the positive impact of the...
Action ordered against officials involved in over-billing Updated 08 Jul, 2024 09:06am ISLAMABAD: A day after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took notice of over-billing of protected electricity consumers,...
Discos consumers: Govt all set to file motion with Nepra to adjust category-wise SoT Updated 17 Jun, 2024 02:51pm ISLAMABAD: The federal government is all set to file a motion with National Electric Power Regulatory Authority...
‘Penalising honest consumers’ Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am EDITORIAL: How on earth is the power minister going to “bring transparency to the power sector” if the...
Consumers using up to 100 units in Sindh likely to get free electricity Updated 31 May, 2024 08:37am KARACHI: Provincial minister Nasir Hussain Shah on Thursday said that a plan has been prepared to provide free...
Electricity tariffs Published 08 May, 2024 06:43am In Pakistan, it is a known fact that electricity is costly as compared to other countries of the region and its cost...
All Discos sans KE: Nepra hikes tariff by Rs4.56/unit Published 04 Feb, 2024 03:01am ISLAMABAD: In yet another shock to the already overburdened power consumers, the National Electric Power Regulatory...
‘Winter package’ not allowed to see the light of day Updated 14 Nov, 2023 02:34pm Govt fails to secure nod for industry package from IMF, sources says
Power tariff – a flawed business model Published 07 Nov, 2023 07:07am Power tariffs have recently been in the limelight – not for any other issue but for unaffordability of the same....
Industrial power consumers: FD terms proposed winter package ‘vague’ Updated 31 Oct, 2023 09:50am ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has reportedly termed the proposed four-month electricity ‘winter package’ for...
Identifying new taxpayers: Shamshad seeks data of electricity users Updated 25 Sep, 2023 09:31am ISLAMABAD: The caretaker Minister for Finance and Revenue, Dr Shamshad Akhtar, has sought updated data of...
Aug electricity bills: Consumers hit by Rs7.64 to Rs15 per unit hike: PD Updated 12 Sep, 2023 09:34am ISLAMABAD: The Power Division has revealed that domestic and commercial consumers have been hit by Rs 7.64 to Rs....
Massive crackdown launched to combat power theft Published 11 Sep, 2023 06:32am ISLAMABAD: A massive crackdown has been launched by the Caretaker Government to combat the alarming surge in power...
Bills: repenting for the sins of others Published 09 Sep, 2023 06:20am Jolted by the severe backlash against highly inflated power bills resulting in protests across the country joined by...
