Nepra urged to revise IGCEP, TSEP Published 29 Jul, 2026 05:14am ISLAMABAD: A leading power sector analyst and industrialist has formally urged the National Electric Power...
Korea South-East Power Company's proposed $1bn hydropower investment: humongous cost of regulatory indecision Updated 28 Jul, 2026 01:21pm EDITORIAL: The complaint by Korea South-East Power Company (KOEN) over the prolonged regulatory limbo surrounding...
Overcapacity issue cited: Korean co to delay its 2 hydropower projects Updated 02 Jul, 2026 11:08am ISLAMABAD: Korea South-East Power Company (KOEN) has expressed willingness to delay the execution of its two...
Audit report 2025-26: AGP detects financial mismanagement in water ministry Updated 30 Jun, 2026 09:28am ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has uncovered extensive financial mismanagement, weak governance,...
KP drops MHPP from World Bank-funded energy project Updated 24 Jun, 2026 09:15am ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has decided to drop the 215-megawatt Madyan Hydropower Project...
Work on several hydropower projects in KP enters final stages: PEDO Published 22 Jun, 2026 07:47am PESHAWAR: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Provincial Energy Development Organization (PEDO) Engineer Anwar-ul-Haq has...
Rs103.086bn tagged for water, hydropower projects Published 13 Jun, 2026 06:17am ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated Rs103.086 billion for more than three dozen water and hydropower...
World Bank approves additional USD300m financing for T4HP Published 11 Jun, 2026 05:06am ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has approved an additional USD 300 million in financing for the Tarbela Fourth...
PSDP 2026-27: Rs179bn earmarked for 44 water schemes, hydropower projects Updated 05 Jun, 2026 09:31am ISLAMABAD: The federal government has reportedly earmarked Rs 179 billion for nearly 44 (43 ongoing and one new)...
The cost of mismanagement Updated 30 May, 2026 06:09am EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s mega dam projects are once again becoming case studies in the same institutional failures that...
IGCEP breaches constitutional provisions: KP Published 22 May, 2026 06:05am ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has strongly opposed the Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan...
Bhasha, Tarbela projects: Minister concerned at manifold increase in projects’ costs Published 22 May, 2026 06:05am ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal expressed serious concern...
PEDO opposes exclusion of two hydropower projects from IGCEP Updated 12 May, 2026 09:09am ISLAMABAD: The Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation (PEDO), a provincial entity mandated to develop...
Nepra raises questions on proposed IGCEP 2025-35 Updated 08 May, 2026 09:44am ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has raised several questions on the proposed...
Nepra tightens power sector oversight in 4Q 2025 Updated 21 Apr, 2026 09:18am Issues major tariff decisions, expands net-metering capacity, and accelerates enforcement actions against inefficiencies and safety lapses
Pakistan, KfW sign €18m grant deal to promote hydropower, renewable energy Published 13 Mar, 2026 09:45pm The grant assistance will support the development of clean and green electricity in northern regions
Energy plans to be assessed through analytical modelling: PD Updated 11 Mar, 2026 09:28am ISLAMABAD: While appreciating and acknowledging the suggestions made by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government regarding...
FY2026–27: NA panel suggests 64 water, hydropower projects Published 19 Feb, 2026 04:34am ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Water Resources on Wednesday recommended 64 water and...
RCC work on Diamer-Bhasha, Dasu dams to begin this year Published 16 Feb, 2026 04:22am PESHAWAR: Chairman WAPDA Lt Gen Muhammad Saeed (Retd) visited under-construction Diamer Basha Dam and Dasu...
Official says KP completes 10 hydropower projects to generate Rs13bn annually Updated 29 Jan, 2026 06:41am PESHAWAR: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has completed 10 hydropower projects generating 224 megawatt electricity and earning a...
Strategic projects: PM orders ministries to speed up work Published 15 Dec, 2025 04:59am ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the concerned ministries and entities to devise a mechanism ...
KP completes 3 hydropower projects of 63 MW Updated 15 Dec, 2025 07:13am PESHAWAR: The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has successfully completed three hydropower projects of 63...
Projects, security and India row: Wapda chief updates MPs on water challenges Published 10 Dec, 2025 03:28am ISLAMABAD: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Lt General Muhammad Saeed (Retd) briefed a...
Renewable energy: PPIB casts uncertainty over projects’ future Updated 14 Oct, 2025 09:01am ISLAMABAD: The Board of the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) has cast uncertainty over the future of...
Three hydropower projects to start 330MW production within two years Published 06 Oct, 2025 05:55am PESHAWAR: Three hydropower projects initiated under the supervision of the Provincial Energy Development ...
330MW HPPs in KP to start production in two years Published 23 Sep, 2025 06:25am PESHAWAR: Secretary Energy and Power Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mohammad Zubair has said that work is under way on three...
Two hydropower projects: KOEN sending another team to garner support Published 23 Sep, 2025 05:48am ISLAMABAD: A South Korean state-owned company, Korea South-East Power Co. Ltd. (KOEN), is dispatching another...
India’s SC deserves praise Published 19 Sep, 2025 07:27am The July 2025 ruling of the Supreme Court of India is more than a legal document—it is a watershed moment in South...
KP completes three power projects; seven projects in execution stage Published 15 Sep, 2025 07:36am PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has completed three major hydropower projects of 63MW electricity this ...
KP expresses reservations over proposed energy framework Published 10 Sep, 2025 05:52am PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has expressed reservations over the federal government’s proposed...