Opposing the court’s interference in CNG prices issue, Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has said CNG pricing and Kala Bagh dam are public related matters which should be decided in the parliament. The minister while speaking to the media following a Conference on Disaster Management of SAARC countries warmed the government would also complicate […]
Nov 2 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Thursday, August 16, 2012) Ministry of Finance has released Rs 10 billion for urgent financial recovery of an ailing PSO marred by circular debt at the hands of the Independent Power Producers (IPPs). The payment has been made on demand of the Ministry of Water and Power for the payment of fuel debt. According […]
Aug 16 2012 | Posted in
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Accusing power utilities for mismanagement in power outages, National Assembly Standing Committee on Water and Power considered the payment of bribe to officials of power generation companies to reduce or increase the duration loadshedding. Reiterating the government’s decision, Secretary Water and Power Zafar Mehmood said that all domestic consumers will be exempted from power breakdowns […]
Jul 21 2012 | Posted in
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The electricity crisis is not a new phenomenon in the country but the nation is being fed up with false promises of the government, ineptness of the bureaucracy, power outages of about 16 to 22 hours and the rising cost of energy. People, whether live in rural or urban areas, resorted to protests, mostly violent […]
Incensed by prolonged loadshedding, the people are not happy with their leaders. The bitter truth is better than a string of lies that build false hopes among the masses. Additionally such lies only reduce credibility of the government and further disappoint people when come from sitting ministers and representatives of the government. In the latest […]
Defaulters get continuous power supply The power distribution companies have failed to cut supply of their potential defaulters, who owe them an enormous sum of Rs98 billion. Instead, these defaulters are getting nonstop power supply. An executive of the Ministry of Water and Power told that power companies are expected to cut supply of defaulters, […]
Feb 3 2012 | Posted in
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Prime Minister of Pakistan, Sayed Yousuf Raza Gilani, has finally cleared the bailout package for restoring the Rs. 29 billion Nandipur Thermal Power Project, whose abandoned machinery has been rusting at the Karachi port for the past 18 months. The 425 megawatt project has been badly victimised by the legal bickering of the law ministry […]
Oct 31 2011 | Posted in
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