Power plants: Kati irked over provision of costly oil, RLNG KARACHI: Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (Kati) President Salman Aslam has expressed concern over the... Published 03 Jun, 2022 08:02am
World Why is India facing its worst power crisis in over six years? NEW DELHI: India is facing its worst power crisis in over six years as a heatwave bakes vast swathes of South Asia,... Published 19 May, 2022 02:28pm
Print Eid holidays may disturb oil supplies: Power plants: furnace oil arranged for May ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division has arranged 281,000 MMT furnace oil for May 2022 for the power sector to be... Updated 01 May, 2022 09:04am
Print Reduction in power outage in next 10 days: govt ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power Engineer Khurram Dastagir on Friday expressed the confidence that there would be... Updated 30 Apr, 2022 10:32am
Print Load-shedding challenge: Rs329bn is needed: Power Division Power Division seeks Rs 108 billion by May 25, 2022 Updated 30 Apr, 2022 10:27am
Business & Finance PM calls for urgent power sector reforms Power minister Khurram Dastgir is tasked with gigantic issues including load-shedding and circular debt Published 27 Apr, 2022 11:35am
Print Fuel shortage causing power outages ISLAMABAD: The country is facing electricity load-shedding of 5-8 hours in different areas/localities due to higher... Updated 26 Apr, 2022 09:57am
Markets Power plants: Nepra directs CPPA-G to resolve payment issue ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday directed Central Power Purchasing... Published 20 Apr, 2022 05:12am
Print PM says closure of many power plants led to load-shedding ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has 35,000 megawatts power generation capacity but load shedding is persistent in different... Updated 17 Apr, 2022 09:11am
Editorials Fuel for power plants EDITORIAL: Surely, it’s a little late for the ministry of energy to address the issue of fuel shortage in some... Published 10 Apr, 2022 05:49am
Opinion Urgent energy issues—II It is really unfortunate that we had an opportunity to follow the worldwide accepted building codes, with a huge... Published 27 Jan, 2022 04:05am
Pakistan IPAK embraces energy-efficient, sustainable initiatives KARACHI: International Packaging Films Limited (IPAK), a packaging firm known for producing high-quality packaging... Published 28 Dec, 2021 03:54am
Business & Finance Gas supply to non-export industries suspended KARACHI: In adherence to Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division), Government of Pakistan’s gas load management... Published 11 Dec, 2021 04:12am
Markets Gas supplies to CPPs of Sindh, Balochistan to be discontinued KARACHI: In adherence to Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division), Government of Pakistan’s priority order for gas... Published 28 Nov, 2021 05:38am
Markets K-Electric: BMG, KCCI concerned at high production cost of electricity KARACHI: Businessmen Group (BMG) chairman Zubair Motiwala and Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI)... Published 02 Nov, 2021 05:20am
BR Research Private LNG terminal: step in the right direction Qatar Energy is investing in the Pakistan LNG market by partnering with local business groups in the LNG terminal... Updated 01 Nov, 2021 10:01am
Print OECD nations to ban export credits for coal power PARIS: Several OECD nations including Britain, Japan and the United States have agreed to halt government-supported... Published 23 Oct, 2021 03:26am
Opinion Belt and Road vs Build Back Better The US has decided to confront China in every aspect of human endeavour to keep what Washington regards as the 'free... Updated 13 Oct, 2021 06:15pm
World Indian states suffer power cuts as coal stocks shrink CHENNAI: North Indian states have suffered electricity cuts and face further outages because of a lack of coal, an... Published 09 Oct, 2021 04:10am
Editorials China moves away from coal EDITORIAL: China's pledge to end public financing of overseas coal-fired power plants comes as a shot in the arm of... Published 02 Oct, 2021 04:45am
Print NPPMCL privatisation: Debt structure to be aligned through debt-financing from banks: minister KARACHI: Federal Minister for Privatization Mohammedmian Soomro said that federal government was in the process of... Updated 25 Sep, 2021 08:46am
Print PD proposes adjustment of Gencos’ surplus staff ISLAMABAD: The Power Division has proposed adjustment of surplus employees of Generation Companies (Gencos) and... Updated 23 Sep, 2021 09:55am
Opinion KE’s BQPS-III project — I The front page coverage of subject project (BR, Sept 10) is both timely and perhaps “good news:” for ... Published 16 Sep, 2021 04:02am
Print Power Division likely to decide future of Hubco next week ISLAMABAD: The Power Division (PD) is likely to decide the future of 1200 MW Hub Power company (Hubco) next week as... Updated 15 Aug, 2021 10:33am
Print RLNG-fired plants: Govt decides to go for debt re-capitalisation, refinancing ISLAMABAD: The government has reportedly decided to go for debt re-capitalisation and refinancing of Rs 103.765... Updated 11 Aug, 2021 09:26am
Print Plan to absorb Gencos’ employees in Discos hits a snag ISLAMABAD: The government’s plan to absorb 1,700 employees of power generation companies (Gencos) in distribution... Updated 06 Aug, 2021 12:02pm
Print Asian coal-fired closures: ADB, Citi, HSBC, Prudential hatch plan LONDON/MELBOURNE: Financial firms including British insurer Prudential, lenders Citi and HSBC and BlackRock Real... Updated 04 Aug, 2021 09:56am
Print Discos tariff: CPPA-G seeks paisa 80/unit increase for June ISLAMABAD: Central Power Purchasing Agency Guaranteed (CPPA-G) has sought an increase of Paisa 80 per unit in tariff... Published 17 Jul, 2021 03:35am
Print Discos’ consumers: Nepra approves Rs3.3bn refund for May ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved a refund of Rs 3.3 billion to the... Published 13 Jul, 2021 03:50am
Print Rs102bn earmarked for 97 power projects ISLAMABAD: The federal government has earmarked Rs 102 billion for 97 power sector projects/schemes for 2021-22 ... Published 12 Jun, 2021 05:04am