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Govt to generate Rs721b by raising power tariff | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The federal government has formulated a strategy to collect an additional Rs721 billion from electricity consumers during the current financial year as per the conditions agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to the finance ministry sources,…
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Land of flickering lights: Why Pakistan’s power woes persist | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] PUBLISHED August 06, 2023 ISLAMABAD: Riaz lives in a one-room quarter in south Punjab. He is a farmer with a few acres of land and he waits for earnings every six months. He has one ceiling fan alone to…
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NEPRA’s nod sought for power hike | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The federal government has sought the nod of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to impose a surcharge of Rs1.52 per unit on the consumers of K-Electric, Karachi’s sole electricity supplier. The government wants to recover Rs24.5…
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NEPRA okays govt request for power tariff hike | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday approved the government’s request for increasing the basic electricity tariff by up to Rs7.5 per unit. According to a Nepra spokesperson, the notification of the decision had been sent…
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Govt shocks nation with massive power tariff hike
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[ad_1] A technician fixes new electricity meters at a residential building in Karachi, Pakistan, in this undated photo. — AFP/File ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Saturday received the federal government’s nod for a massive hike of…
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Power tariff hiked on IMF demand: Shehbaz | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday electricity tariff hike was a condition of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and stressed that the country would have to take the loan programme seriously and benefit from it. Speaking during…
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Gwadar coal-based power plant impasse | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The Gwadar coal-power plant has reached an impasse. The project is being implemented under CPEC by a Chinese company. It is an important project affecting the progress and economics of projects in Gwadar. The project promoter company has…
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High power tariffs exceeding consumers’ affordability, impacting consumption patterns: study
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[ad_1] A technician from Karachi Electric , Pakistan’s largest city’s power supply company, checks electricity meters at a residential building in Karachi, on May 13, 2010. — AFP A recent study, conducted by the Institute of Policy Studies in Islamabad, found…
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Nepra raises power tariff by Re0.79 per unit for May as FCA
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[ad_1] A utility company employee fixes electricity lines at Multan’s Hassan Parwana Road on June 5, 2021. — APP ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) announced Thursday that power consumers will have to pay Re0.79 per unit more in…
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Power supply to Karachi may be cut off | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: An official told a parliamentary panel on Wednesday that electric supply to Karachi might be shut down if the federal government did not pay subsidy to K-Electric (KE), a private company that supplies power to Pakistan’s economic hub….
