NEPRA notifies tariff hike of Rs1.61 per unit

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ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has notified a power tariff hike of Rs1.61 per unit on account of fuel charges adjustment (FCA) for April 2023. According to a notification issued by Nepra, the tariff hike will not be applicable to lifeline consumers and electric vehicle charging stations while power distribution companies (DISCOs) will show the increase in power price separately in consumer bills of June 2023. Moreover, DISCOs will display the approved FCA separately in the consumer bills on the basis of units billed in April 2023.…

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Massive exodus as super cyclone looms

super-cyclone

Thousands of people living in coastal towns and small islands in Thatta, Sujawal and Badin districts on Tuesday left their homes for safer places, two days before a ferocious cyclone was expected to make a landfall on Thursday (tomorrow) afternoon. Classified as a “Very Severe Cyclonic Storm” of Category 3, Biparjoy is expected to land around Thursday evening between Karachi and Mandvi in India’s Gujarat, with winds of approximately 140-150 kilometres per hour (km/h) and gusts up to 170 km/h. According to the latest forecast, the cyclone was expected to…

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LPG tankers await customs clearance at Torkham

LPG-tankers

KHYBER: At least 15 tankers filled with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) still await customs clearance at the Torkham border after they arrived from Central Asian states via the land route of Afghanistan about three weeks ago. A private company in Peshawar had signed an agreement to import around 60,000 tonnes of LPG from different Central Asian states a few months back for its onward sale and distribution in different cities of Pakistan. Mujibullah Shinwari, a local customs agent tasked with clearing the consignment, told Dawn that four tankers, with about 30 tonnes…

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Seminar on Energy Crisis and Way Forward

Energy-Crisis

Karachi needs at least four more power distribution companies for efficiency of services, lowest electricity rates for consumers: Sindh Governor Karachi Karachi needs at least four more power distribution companies like the existing K-Electric to serve the city’s power consumers in the best possible manner with maximum efficiency of service and the lowest rates of electricity. Sindh Governor, Kamran Khan Tessori, gave the suggestion to this effect while speaking as the chief guest at a seminar on Energy Crisis and Way Forward and 17th Anniversary of Energy Update organised by…

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