Government to ramp up coal production to 19m tonnes annually on February 5, 2017ISLAMABAD: The government is devising a plan to scale up annual coal production to 19 million tonnes during the next six years. In the wake of growing demand of Thar coal, the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) has started evolving a plan to enhance coal production to 19 million tonnes till 2022, which will […]
Government failing to rein in load shedding despite cooler weather on December 14, 2016ISLAMABAD: The government has miserably failed in reining in load shedding despite a change in the weather and a remarkable dip in electricity demand amid the reports that load shedding is continuing from three to five hours in urban areas and four to six hours in rural areas. Load Management Plan (LMP), under which 21 […]
Projects under CPEC to bail out country from energy crisis: NA told on November 30, 2016ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) has been told in writing that following the implementation of the 18th constitutional amendment, the responsibility for maintaining law and order situation rests with provincial governments. The NA was further told that special security arrangements have been made in Balochistan and the government was taking measures for ensuring peace in […]
Load shedding will end in 2018, NA told on November 25, 2016ISLAMABAD: Power load shedding would come to an end in March 2018, State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali told the National Assembly on Thursday. He was talking during the question hour. The minister said people think that pilfering of electricity was their legal right. In Sindh operation against power theft was conducted […]
Water and power secretary starts action against corrupt officials on November 15, 2016ISLAMABAD: The water and power secretary has initiated action against the corrupt elements in distribution companies (DISCOs). The secretary is supervising the campaign against inefficient and non-productive elements across Pakistan. He has taken stern action in Sukkur, Larkana and Dadu during his recent visits to these areas. Fraudulent cases and non-conformity with the rules and […]
Cotton production falls short of target on November 14, 2016ISLAMABAD: Export of agricultural commodities declined during fiscal year 2015-16 when compared with previous year 2014-15. The main reason behind decrease in exports was international financial crunch. Pakistan exported agricultural commodities worth only $4 billion in the previous fiscal year. The major factor was decrease in cotton price, which was reduced to 63.5 cents in […]
Policymakers oblivious to climate change impacts on November 13, 2016ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan has made it to the list of the most affected countries worldwide due to climate change; it seems policymakers are not in a hurry to chalk out a comprehensive policy to ameliorate the sufferings of millions, which is increasing with each passing day. Official sources told Daily Times that people had no […]
Another PML-N minister promises power to powerless Pakistanis on November 11, 2016ISLAMABAD: The government is utilizing all its resources for power generation to eliminate load shedding by 2018, said State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali on Thursday. He said this during a briefing at Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB). PPIB Managing Director Shah Jehan Mirza said that currently power generation from private […]
First power project under CPEC to start production next month on October 28, 2016ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) Parliametary Committee on Water and Power has been told that 100MW Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power Project is generating only 18 percent electricity of its total capacity and all the solar power projects are yielding expensive electricity. The committee, which met at the Parliament House on Thursday with Muhammad Arshad Khan Leghari, […]
Solar panels demand on the rise on October 25, 2016 ISLAMABAD: Solar energy is becoming popular among the people day by day and its demand is on the rise in rural as well as urban areas equally in the face of the unprecedented loss being caused to the citizens in the form of destruction of domestic appliances due to low voltage and unannounced loadshedding. […]