Year: 2020

ISLAMABAD: The government is set to expand the scope of inquiry against oil marketing companies (OMCs) to probe the shortage of petroleum products in June 2020. The Cabinet Division has moved a summary to the cabinet for constitution of a commission of inquiry to investigate the shortage of petroleum products in its meeting scheduled for Tuesday. This will be the third inquiry to be conducted by the government into the petrol crisis, which occurred in June when different OMCs curtailed oil supplies to their retail outlets, shifting the entire burden…

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The year 2020 has not been kind to most sectors of the economy, what with the double whammy of a global pandemic and the ensuing global recession. Yet, all things considered, it is remarkable that power generation in Pakistan actually fared alright, declining only marginally when comparing fiscal year 2020 to 2019. Even better, demand for power has picked up in June 2020, according to Sunny Kumar, analyst at Topline Securities, in a note sent to clients on July 23.  Power generation in Pakistan declined by 1% year-on-year to 121,867…

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ISLAMABAD: The government has decided in principle to set up a commission to probe the recent shortage of petroleum products, shift oil pricing to quarterly basis and change the pricing mechanism for imported Euro-V petrol and diesel to Platt’s Oilgram instead of PSO imports. A final approval is likely to be granted by the federal cabinet at a meeting on Tuesday. The meeting has a heavy agenda, including a proposal for regularisation of the Naval Sailing Club on Rawal Dam, Islamabad. The meeting will take up 13 issues, including recruitment…

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LAHORE: Power generation in Pakistan has declined by 1% YoY to 121,867 GWh (23,618 MW) during FY20 as compared to 122,708 GWh (23,781 MW) in FY19 due to overall slow economic activity during the year and the impact of COVID-19 related lockdowns and restrictions during Mar-May 2020. According to sources, power mix during FY20 moved in favour of Hydel (32% in FY20 vs. 26% in FY19) and Coal (21% in FY20 vs. 13% in FY19), replacing gas (12% in FY20 vs. 18% in FY19) and furnace oil based generation (3%…

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Islamabad: Foreign oil marketing firms-Shell and Total are in hot water as Pakistan has decided to form a Commission of Inquiry to probe into the recent shortage of petroleum products. Cabinet in its meeting scheduled on Tuesday is set to give-go ahead in this regard. Total and Shell were among those nine oil marketing companies that were imposed a fine of Rs 55 million over involvement in hoarding petroleum products in month of June that resulted in shortage of fuel across the country. These companies included Shell, Total Parco Puma…

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