KP to shift all offices, educational centres on solar energy PESHAWAR: KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has said that all public sector offices and educational institutions... Published 18 May, 2024 05:45am
Markets Govt urged to devise viable solar energy policy ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar, Friday, while urging the government to devise viable solar energy policy have... Published 18 May, 2024 05:45am
Markets Amid high tariffs, Pakistan’s industrial base is ramping up transition to solar power Taking advantage of the natural resource at their disposal, industries in Pakistan are switching towards solar to... Updated 15 May, 2024 11:06pm
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 ‘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
Opinion Everything is anti-clockwise in Pakistan Ironically, everything in Pakistan seems to be upside down and anticlockwise. The country often experiences the... Published 30 Apr, 2024 03:43am
Markets Gul Ahmed says will install a 17.1MW rooftop solar plant Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited (GATM), one of the country’s largest textile mills, announced that it will install a... Updated 21 Mar, 2024 09:56pm
Business & Finance Solar-powered tubewells: HBL sets industry benchmark with over Rs2bn worth of financing KARACHI: HBL, the Best Bank in Agriculture Financing leads with over Rs 2 billion in financing for solar-powered... Published 01 Feb, 2024 04:52am
Opinion Solar companies should consider a marketing shift In the contemporary discourse, the pervasive buzz around green energy often risks becoming a cliché, invoking the... Published 18 Jan, 2024 05:54am
Business & Finance HBL finances Rs1 bn for solar tube wells to boost renewable energy in Pakistan’s agriculture sector HBL set the industry benchmark with Rs 1 billion in financing for solar tube wells. The facility enables farmers to... Published 21 Nov, 2023 12:57pm
Markets World Bank -funded Sindh solar energy project remains delayed ISLAMABAD: The implementation of the Sindh solar energy project funded by the World Bank remains delayed with the... Published 09 Nov, 2023 05:38am
Business & Finance APTMA seeks ‘competitive’ electricity tariff ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has sought electricity tariff competitive with regional... Updated 10 Oct, 2023 08:47am
Markets PSA praises govt for maintaining current net metering rate LAHORE: Pakistan Solar Association (PSA) has thanked the caretaker government for maintaining current Net Metering... Published 15 Sep, 2023 06:31am
Business & Finance Lucky Cement completes installation of 25MW captive solar power plant Lucky Cement, one of Pakistan’s largest cement manufacturer, on Monday announced the successful commissioning of its... Updated 21 Aug, 2023 04:06pm
Opinion Solar PV indigenization: strategy and scope Solar energy is the energy of present and future. Pakistan is importing almost all of the solar equipment from... Published 10 Aug, 2023 06:35am
Pakistan PM launches Rs377bn project to convert 100,000 agriculture tube wells on solar power Shehbaz says low-cost power supply is inevitable to make Pakistan's exports competitive Updated 08 Aug, 2023 10:45pm
Perspectives Agrivoltaics: looking to solve Pakistan’s food and energy conundrum at the same time In what could only be called the climax moment of a movie that was dragging on, Pakistani authorities managed to... Published 29 Jul, 2023 04:01pm
Opinion Energy transition: green dreams, brown realities The world energy landscape is transitioning from fossil fuels to renewables to address energy and environmental... Published 26 Jul, 2023 06:47am
Markets Pakistan’s power generation cost drops significantly in June The total cost of generating electricity in the country decreased significantly by 35%, hitting Rs9.63 KWh in June... Updated 22 Jul, 2023 09:39pm
Print ECNEC approves Rs377bn agri tube-well solarisation plan ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved “Prime Minister’s... Updated 12 Jul, 2023 08:50am
Print $5bn Chashma-5 N-plant to produce power at Rs20 per unit: Country has swallowed a bitter pill? ISLAMABAD: The dollar-deficient Pakistan is said to have accepted a bitter pill of $ 5 billion Chashma-5 (C-5)... Updated 12 Jul, 2023 08:50am
Markets India to cut power tariff during solar hours, raise for peak hours NEW DELHI: Power tariff in India would be up to 20% less during solar hours and up to 20% higher during peak hours... Published 23 Jun, 2023 10:58am
Print PM lays focus on solar energy imperative Reviews process of formulation of policy regarding alternative sources of energy especially solar Updated 18 Jun, 2023 09:52am
Business & Finance Shift to solar energy can cut inflation: NBG KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, Mian... Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am
Markets Minister reviews green hydrogen project KARACHI: Sindh Energy Minister Sindh Imtiaz Ahmad Sheikh on Wednesday presided over a meeting regarding ... Published 08 Jun, 2023 06:30am
Print PM for making energy sector reforms part of budget ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to discuss budget proposals... Updated 07 Jun, 2023 09:11am
Print PM for public-friendly budget: PMO ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed maximum public relief by utilising existing resources in the... Updated 06 Jun, 2023 08:48am
Markets Dastgir opens three-day ‘ISEM & IREM Exhibition’ LAHORE: The Federal Minister for Energy, Khurram Dastgir Khan has said that the renewable energy is the need of the... Published 03 Jun, 2023 03:52am
Markets KATI chief optimistic of renewable energy sources KARACHI President of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), Faraz-ur-Rehman has expressed hoped that... Published 17 May, 2023 06:22am
Print Multi-billion refinery to help bring oil prices down: Musadik ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik on Friday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had... Updated 29 Apr, 2023 11:40am