Year: 2021

FPCCI to Provide Continuous Gas Supply to Industries

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ISLAMABAD: President of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Mian Nasser Hyatt Maggo Tuesday called the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) to provide uninterrupted gas to the industrial sector for mitigating their targets. The President FPCCI said that SSGC immediately restore gas supply with required pressure to overcome the supply and demand gap of energy, said a press release issued by FPCCI here. He said that disconnection of gas to industry and Captive Power Plants will seriously harm the growth in export of Pakistan which after a…

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$57m 100MW solar power plant being installed in Layyah: Firdous

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LAHORE: Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said the provincial government is setting up a 100-MW solar power project in Layyah at a cost of $57 million, which will add 200 million units of cheap electricity to the national grid. She was addressing a press conference along with Punjab Minister for Energy Dr Akhtar Malik, after the signing ceremony of a land lease agreement for the project at EFU House, Jail Road, here on Tuesday. She said the government would purchase electricity at…

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Cabinet members discuss gas load-shedding

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ISLAMABAD: Poor planning for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has earned a bad name to the government as gas load-shedding in various parts of the country provided detractors an opportunity to criticise the government, noted cabinet members in a recent meeting. During discussions, the cabinet members highlighted that considering the gas supply and demand situation, proper planning should have been done well ahead of time. They were of the view that the ongoing gas crisis had given critics an opportunity to rail against the government. With the country…

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Gigantic cleanliness drive: Citizens smell odour of LWMC’s inefficiency

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LAHORE: Heaps of waste are yet to be lifted and disposed of at the landfill sites, leaving a large population of Lahore with no option but to live in a stinking environment for the last many days. There are reports that people in various localities have expressed anger over the situation and castigated sanitation / cleanliness workers / supervisors and sweepers for not lifting the waste despite passage of many days. On the other hand, the Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) has apologised to the citizens for inconvenience and pledged…

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IPPs not impressed by govt plan for dues settlement

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ISLAMABAD: Independent power producers (IPPs) have cast off a payment plan offered by the government for partial settlement of their dues and demanded at least 50 per cent upfront cash payments before signing formal agreements for tariff discounts. An implementation committee led by Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh had last week offered payment of about Rs450 billion to the IPPs in three equal (one-third of total) installments through a combination of cash and tradeable bonds next month, June and December 2021. Each installment was to comprise one-third (about Rs50bn)…

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