Day: August 12, 2021

The federal government has inflicted a loss of billions of rupees to the nation in the LNG sector ever since it came to power in 2018 but continues to deny that. In the first two and a half years, it gathered losses to the tune of Rs122 billion, and so far in 2021 has inflicted a financial damage of Rs35 billion by repeating the past trend of mistakes. This was the crux of an analysis by Shahzeb Khanzada in Wednesday’s show of Geo News programme ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath’…

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The business community has rejected the introduction of a new category/slab of protected consumers based on an average consumption of less than 200kWh, a statement said. Zubair Motiwala, who is chairman of the Businessmen Group and former president of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), attended the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) hearing, held on Monday regarding subsidy rationalisation plan, rejected the introduction of new category/slab of protected consumers based on an average consumption of less than 200kWh. The BMG chairman said the decision to introduce new…

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The district administration started detaching Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders from commercial vehicles as it continued crackdown impounding overall 208 vehicles during last two days including 106 on the second day on Wednesday. The crackdown ordered by DC Ali Shahzad and led by secretary regional transport authority Rana Mohsin accompanying civil defence teams sealed seven LPG refilling units near general bus stand.

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A 100MW agricultural photovoltaic solar project fitted with Trina Solar’s 210 Vertex modules, situated in Luotian County, Hubei province, China, has been connected to the grid. The project, covering 160 hectares, uses Trina Solar’s 210 Vertex 550W series and is expected to generate 110 million kWh of electricity a year, offsetting 42,000 tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 104,500 tons a year.With the completion of the project, agricultural production and PV power generation will be effectively combined to achieve both agricultural development and solar energy utilization,…

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Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his government will build 10 new dams, adding that the Mohmand Dam will be completed in 2025 while the Diamer-Bhasha Dam project will finish by 2028. Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony of the fifth tunnel of Tarbela Dam on Thursday, the PM said that Pakistan will strive to become a hub of clean electricity by 2030. “We will try to avoid producing electricity by burning fossil fuels and instead make it through solar, air or water,” the PM said. He regretted that no one…

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