Navigating economic diplomacy–I Spiraling electricity bills and the resulting unbearable burden on the ordinary consumers has brought the agreements... Updated 13 Jun, 2024 08:10am
Opinion The burgeoning burden of capacity payments As Pakistan prepares for a significant increase in electricity prices next year, driven by further rupee devaluation... Published 06 Jun, 2024 03:09am
Print Payments to IPPs: PPIB urges SBP to make $758m available Independent Power Producers express serious concerns regarding delays in SBP’s approval for conversion of PKR to USD in order to fulfil their commitments/ financial obligations Updated 06 Jun, 2024 02:41pm
Business & Finance FPCCI demands cut in policy rate, power tariffs LAHORE: Zaki Aijaz, Regional Chairman and Vice President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and... Published 06 Jun, 2024 03:09am
Print Chinese IPPs step up pressure for payment of dues ISLAMABAD: As Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is leaving for China on a four-day (June 4-8) official visit on Tuesday... Updated 04 Jun, 2024 11:26am
Pakistan JI chief demands govt revisit agreements with IPPs, introduce land reforms LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has identified several key factors contributing to the collapse... Published 02 Jun, 2024 02:53am
Print Power sector: MoF agrees to extend Rs1.094trn subsidy ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry is said to have agreed to extend subsidy of Rs 1.094 trillion for the financial year... Updated 30 May, 2024 08:39am
Print Previous flawed decisions hampering improvement in power sector? ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s power sector has shown little, if any, sign of improvement in decades due to the... Updated 27 May, 2024 09:23am
Editorials The solar net metering debate EDITORIAL: Recent weeks have seen much confusion prevail with respect to the government’s existing solar net... Published 25 May, 2024 06:33am
Opinion 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
Business & Finance ‘Continuous increase in power price creating frustration’ KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, Mian... Published 22 May, 2024 05:54am
Business & Finance Govt urged to revisit agreements with IPPs LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) on Monday ... Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am
Opinion U-turn on net metering Delivering a powerful speech at a closing Plenary- Rejuvenating Growth of the World Economic Forum on 29th April... Published 20 May, 2024 05:44am
Business & Finance Power outages severely impacting businesses, citizens alike: Shaikhani HYDERABAD: Muhammad Farooq Shaikhani, the President of Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders & Small Industry,... Published 16 May, 2024 06:28am
Editorials New economic order or the same old one? EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb during his speech at a seminar organised jointly by the... Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am
Opinion Growth model needs to be long term Pakistan has never achieved impressive growth rates in its history with the highest rate (average) achieved in the... Published 13 May, 2024 06:08am
Markets ‘Cost-side reforms’: IMF says Pakistan needs to revisit terms of power purchase agreements Remarks come in staff report for the second and final review under $3-billion Stand-By Arrangement Updated 11 May, 2024 08:08pm
Opinion The power sector - some hard facts Among many sectors of fiscal drain, the circular debt of the energy sector is one area on the economic landscape of... Published 11 May, 2024 06:22am
Markets Govt’s balancing act: incentivise solar, but not too much? KARACHI: Pakistan’s government has once again been caught in a tight spot. It wants to promote renewable energy –... Updated 10 May, 2024 09:51am
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 Truth and nothing but the truth Shehbaz Sharif made some honest appraisal of the current governance and economic challenges faced by his government... Updated 05 May, 2024 01:52pm
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
Opinion ‘Everything is anti-clockwise in Pakistan’ The following is in addition to what I have stated through a letter to Editor carried by the newspaper yesterday.... Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am
Markets Ministry directed to clear CPEC IPPs’ dues ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has instructed the... Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am
Opinion Pakistan’s civil service dilemma By the time you finish reading this article, the veil shrouding Pakistan’s administrative ineptitude will be... Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am
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
Editorials The contracts EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while chairing a meeting on Reko Diq mining project - with the Chief... Published 28 Mar, 2024 06:50am
Editorials Power sector challenges EDITORIAL: Lending agencies insist that power sector reforms must ensure full-cost recovery, an economically viable... Published 26 Mar, 2024 04:20am
Print Privatisation of Discos, various IPPs projects under study ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Privatisation and Board of Investment Abdul Aleem Khan and Federal Minister for... Updated 23 Mar, 2024 09:18pm
Print Coal shortage period: Chinese may be allowed to declare OFME This understanding will be part of minutes of next Energy Planning Expert Panel (EPEP) of China Pakistan Economic Corridor Updated 19 Mar, 2024 09:50am