Year: 2021

Tree plantation drive launched at Margalla hills

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Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Shehryar Khan Afridi Thursday urged youth to become flag bearers of Clean Green Pakistan drive. Addressing the students and youth at the Clean Green Pakistan movement launched by Prime Minister Imran Khan by Air University here at Pir Sohawa, Shehryar Afridi urged youth to actively participate in the Clean Green Pakistan Movement launched by PM Imran Khan. He also has planted a sapling to kick off the Tree Plantation Drive at Margalla hills which was attended by a large number of university students,…

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Power generation hits all-time high

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Pakistan has maintained its record making and breaking spree in the broader economy as it reported all-time high power generation and transmission of 24,467 megawatts (MWs) in a single day on Wednesday. The feat was achieved by partly utilising the surplus generation capacity which has remained a huge cause of expensive power for end-consumers in the country. The required increase in demand for power generation and consumption was recorded on the back of turnaround in the domestic economy; including in all the three major sectors ie industries, agriculture and services.…

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US project enhances Pakistan’s renewable energy capacity

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Pakistan on Thursday appreciated the United States for greatly enhancing capacity of renewable energy projects by approximately 50% through its Sustainable Energy for Pakistan (SEP) project. The statement comes after Pakistani officials and representatives from the US government celebrated the conclusion of the four-year Sustainable Energy for Pakistan (SEP) project, an official statement said on Thursday. Through the SEP project, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) partnered with the Pakistani government to provide more affordable, and climate-friendly power to Pakistan’s national energy grid while fostering economic growth for the country, it…

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Untimely LNG contracts: Auditor General finds wastage of billions

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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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Businessmen reject average power consumption criteria

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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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