Month: April 2020

ISLAMABAD: The inquiry committee has recommended to recover Rs 100 billion immediately from the owners of power plants and review the signed agreements for installation of a power plant in the country, Pakistan Today reliably learnt on Saturday. According to sources, a nine-member committee has submitted a detailed inquiry report to Prime Minister Imran Khan regarding more than Rs 100 billion losses of the power sector. They said that this 278-page inquiry report has disclosed that the cost of the installation of power plants by independent power producers (IPPs), and…

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned malicious elements operating in Pakistan against unauthorized use of its logo and emblem on domestic products to make illegal gains. It has threatened to initiate legal proceedings against those involved in the act. Following the outbreak of Coronavirus in Wuhan in December last year, numerous private companies started using WHO’s logo on their products suggesting that the international public health agency has endorsed the products to be beneficial in the fight against COVID-19. In reality, these companies only wanted to boost their sales…

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ISLAMABAD: The meeting on strategy on how to merge state-owned LNG entities was held here on Thursday with secretary Petroleum Division in the chair but it surprisingly decided not to merge the Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) and Pakistan LNG Terminal Limited ostensibly against the federal government’s decision taken six months back in favor of merger of the two entities. The federal cabinet had decided the merger of two entities based on the facts that their many functions overlap with each other and more importantly their expenses are unjustified and the…

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Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has recommended further reduction in the Policy Rate from the current 11 percent to 7 percent in order to boost economic activities in the backdrop of ailing economy because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In its latest report ‘COVID-19 Crisis: Business Response & How to Sustain Employment in Pakistan’ issued here on Thursday, the business advocacy body has highlighted the role that business is playing to help alleviate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and outlined the way forward to sustain employment. PBC has recommended reduction in…

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ISLAMABAD:  The government is moving to place coal pricing within the purview of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) as it plans to revisit the imported coal supply agreement in a bid to cut prices. Currently, pricing of petroleum products, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) falls within the domain of Ogra and coal pricing would be a new addition for the regulator. At present, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) approves the coal supply agreement and determines the fuel cost component based on current coal…

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