Three more LNG coal based power plants on cards on May 9, 2016ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to construct three more coal and LNG-based power plants of 880 megawatts (MW) in collaboration with the private sector. The projects including two coal-fired plants of 330MW each in Thar would be set up through private investment at a cost of around $800 million. The decision was made at a […]
Shortfall of electricity persists on May 6, 2016ISLAMABAD: The shortfall of 4000 megawatts in the country has put a big question mark on the announcement made by the government of not carrying out load shedding in the approaching holy month of Ramadan. The load management plan devised by the government has become uttely unsuccessful as the people from urban areas are facing […]
Postal officers swallow millions on May 2, 2016ISLAMABAD: Massive corruption has been exposed in the Pakistan Postal Services. The documents which Daily Times got, reveal that the postal officers have ‘accomplished’ Rs 260 million worth of corruptions in guise of dispatching mails and also carried out mega corruption in the distribution of the Benazir Income Support Programme’s (BISP) funds among deserving persons. […]