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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, the government has shared its plan with the IMF, aimed at increasing the electricity tariff…
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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 endure the scorching summer heat. Yet, he received a bill of Rs 8,000 for one…
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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 billion from the consumers of K-Electric to be recovered in 12 months by imposing this…
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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 to the federal government. The price hike has already been approved by the federal cabinet…
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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 up to Rs7.50 per unit in the base tariff of electricity against the national average…
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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 a meeting with prominent businessmen and industrialists at the Governor’s House in Lahore, Shehbaz urged…
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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 designed and proposed a power plant of 300MW based totally on imported coal. Nepra and…
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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 that the rising electricity prices are stretching consumers’ affordability to a breaking point and impacting…
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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 the month of May. According to a notification, the additional amount is being levied 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. “The federal government provides a subsidy of Rs10 to Rs20 per unit to K-Electric to…
