Pakistan Published 03 May, 2024 09:40am Safety concerns force shutdown of Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower project Cites pressure fluctuations in project’s headrace tunnel
Pakistan Published 29 Apr, 2024 11:45pm PPP Senator Palwasha demands inquiry into solar panel tax news Urges PM to form a committee and ask FIA to find out people behind it
Pakistan Updated 26 Apr, 2024 12:06pm Govt mulls slashing solar net metering buyback rates by Rs10 per unit Consumers are recovering solar panel installation costs within 18 months
Pakistan Published 22 Apr, 2024 11:39pm Punjab govt to give 1kV solar system to 50,000 households Orders her team to start pilot project
Business & Economy Published 22 Apr, 2024 05:16pm Shanghai Electric Power pulls offer to buy stake in K-Electric Deadline for making a firm offer for the K-Electric stake expired on April 20
Business & Economy Published 01 Apr, 2024 10:11pm Electricity consumers to pay more for energy as NEPRA notifies Rs2.75 per unit hike Will be recovered in a period of three months ie April to June 2024
▶️ Business & Economy Published 26 Mar, 2024 12:00am Electricity tariff may increase up to Rs5 per unit in July: economic journalist He thinks there could be another increase before that
Pakistan Published 19 Mar, 2024 09:40am Another hike in electricity prices on the cards CPPA asks for electricity price to be hiked by Rs5/unit
Business & Economy Published 05 Mar, 2024 06:42pm Hubco forecasts power demand will fall in 2024 Power demand in Pakistan plunged last year by nearly a sixth
Business & Economy Published 12 Jan, 2024 05:42pm Power Division refutes reports on handing over DISCOs control to army Clarifies management of DISCOs were not being handed over to another entity
Pakistan Published 09 Jan, 2024 11:28am Pakistan Army officers to monitor power distribution companies Finance division has opposed the proposal, saying it will further destroy governance
Pakistan Updated 01 Jan, 2024 12:57pm Electricity ‘load management’ to hit Islamabad and Peshawar IESCO and PESCO attribute issue to low supply
Business & Economy Updated 31 Dec, 2023 12:31pm Electricity supply to parts of Pakistan suspended Transmission lines tripped after blast in a transformer in Kashmore’s Guddu Power Plant
Business & Economy Published 27 Dec, 2023 09:02pm Winter sparks energy crisis in Pakistan as costs go up The loadshedding in recent days was actually caused by fog
Pakistan Published 19 Oct, 2023 03:30pm Increase in hydel electricity to bring relief to consumers Rs50 billion have been saved this year
Pakistan Published 19 Oct, 2023 11:17am Mardan declared as load-shedding free area Federal Secretary for Power Division decided to shut the suspension of the power supply in the areas where electricity stealing ended
Business & Economy Updated 06 Oct, 2023 08:13pm Power Division gives nod to tariff hike for KE consumers Consumers slapped with Rs4.45 hike surcharge
Business & Economy Updated 03 Oct, 2023 08:24am Monthly inflation rising by 4% to 31.4% in September Across the board increase in prices of essential food items
Business & Economy Updated 23 Sep, 2023 07:43pm Petrol prices likely to fall on Oct 1 Commerce minister hopeful of ‘good news’ on petrol prices on Oct 1
Business & Economy Published 23 Sep, 2023 12:59am Nepra seeks Rs3.28 per unit hike in tariff for Oct-March bills Proposal, which is made under quarterly adjustment, will also be applicable on KE consumers
Business & Economy Updated 21 Sep, 2023 08:46pm Interim govt soon to announce changes in gas prices, says minister Muhammad Ali cites govt recovered Rs6b in 10 days after crackdown on power thieves
Business & Economy Published 20 Sep, 2023 11:33am Another electricity price hike in the offing CPPA's recommendations could lead to an increase in Rs1.83 per unit
Business & Economy Published 12 Sep, 2023 09:33am Minister refutes reports of reduction in solar net metering Says govt will introduce incremental tariff for industrial users
Pakistan Updated 11 Sep, 2023 05:37pm Police caught stealing electricity in Punjab’s Jehanian A Khidmatgar centre and license branch given direct connection from pole
Pakistan Published 11 Sep, 2023 02:23pm Crackdown finds 8 million units of electricity being stolen The crackdown began on September 7
Pakistan Updated 09 Sep, 2023 10:35pm Power breakdown leaves many parts of Karachi in darkness More than 10 stations of K-Electric shut down
Business & Economy Updated 04 Sep, 2023 07:27pm Crackdown on defaulters, power thieves in the offing Interim PM Kakar directs finance minister to devise effective strategy for economic stability
World Published 04 Sep, 2023 09:48am India steps up coal use to stop outages triggered by unusually dry weather During higher demand for coal, power plants have slashed imports by 24%
Business & Economy Published 04 Sep, 2023 01:30am Govt readies relief plan for inflated electricity bills But IMF nod still needed to make it possible
Pakistan Published 03 Sep, 2023 07:21pm JI to stage sit-in outside governor houses against high electricity bills Chief Sirajul Haq says protest against ‘wrong decisions’ of govt will continue