Nepra hearing sees chaos as end sought to KE exclusivity

KARACHI: A public hea­ring of the National Electric and Power Regulatory Auth­o­rity (Nepra) seeking amendment to K-Electric’s licence was marred on Monday as public representatives and political leaders demanded that the federal government allow more power supply companies to operate in Karachi, while the city’s lone power utility termed the move to end its exclusivity “violation” of the agreement. Participants,…

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Hydropower Producers Resisting Tariff Cut

ISLAMABAD: As the government struggles to translate memorandums of understanding (MOUs) signed with the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) of thermal and renewable power plants for tariff discounts into contracts, sponsors of hydropower power plants (HPPs) have declined to revise old agreements with the government. A senior government official told Dawn that sponsors of HPPs had three to four sessions with the IPPs negotiations committee…

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93% Work Completed on new water reservoir for Masjid Al Haram

The Vice Presidency for Projects and Engineering Studies, His Excellency Eng. Sultan bin Ati Al Qurashi inspected the functioning of the strategic water reservoir feeding the Grand Mosque and its facilities, and was accompanied by the Assistant Director General of Projects. Al-Qurashi stated that this reservoir is considered one of the most important strategic projects in infrastructure services for the…

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