Saud bin Ahsen

Efficient energy market needs to be created having multiple buyers to move away from ‘take or pay’ to ‘take and pay’ and competitive pricing. In this regard, ways and means are to be explored within framework of agreements through multilateral and bilateral negotiations. Reportedly some progress has been achieved in negotiations with IPPs and Government […]

Currently installed capacity of IPPs is 17,266 MW and connected to grid is 16,250 MW. As per power purchase agreements price is split into two components, energy price and capacity price. According to capacity price mechanism, even if buyer is unable to evacuate energy due to lack of transmission line the power producer shall be […]

Energy plays a vital role in the economic and social development of a country. Electricity being widely used form of energy is essential to keep a balance between supply and demand, to cater the need of high population growth and industrialization in a developing country like Pakistan. During the 20th century the governments had the […]

The sun rises later and later now, and I, who only a month ago could sit with latte every morning watching the light walk down the green yard to the edge of grey structure house, now wait till six for dawn. All this point towards the transmogrifying month of November where everything seems amazingly beautiful […]

Like geopolitical security, cross-border, water & food security, energy security, being linchpin of all economic-cum-social activities, commands prime importance. Pakistan is not richly endowed with oil & gas which have to be imported by sea & hence vulnerable to blockades. Its coal reserves are not easily exploitable. Hydel power is marred by low river flows […]

There is a vast potential in Pakistan for renewable energy especially wind, solar and biogas. Despite this potential, the current RE share is very small (4% of installed capacity and 2% of power generation). Presently, the energy sector at Federal level is governed by the Ministry of Energy (Power Division) and regulated by National Electric […]

Energy is critical for development of industrial and agriculture production of Pakistan. It is the basic component that drives the economy of every country in the world. Over the past few years, Pakistan has increased its production capacity to counter energy shortages and the situation, in terms of generation capacity, has improved considerably. However, there […]

During times of great crisis, such as World War II, citizens have proved willing to accept-even embrace-greater government control of the economy. Already, there has been economic intervention on a scale that hasn’t been seen for decades, if at all. Governments across the globe had announced stimulus plans amounting to $10.6 trillion-the equivalent of eight […]

Just a few weeks ago, all of us were living our usual busy lives. Now, things normally taken for granted-an evening with friends, the daily commute, a plane flight home-are no longer possible. Daily reports of increasing infections and deaths across the world raise our anxiety and, in cases of personal loss, plunge us into […]

Restricted choices and power imbalances-a lifecycle perspective. Gender inequality within households and communities is characterized by inequality across multiple dimensions, with a vicious cycle of powerlessness, stigmatization, discrimination, exclusion and material deprivation all reinforcing each other. Human development is about expanding substantive freedoms and choices, and too often women face heavily restricted or even “tragic” […]