Month: September 2023

Jazz Serves Rs10 Billion Defamation Notice to SNGPL for Baseless Allegations

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Jazz-pakistan

ISLAMABAD – In response to the recent baseless allegations of gas theft by Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL), Jazz, Pakistan’s largest digital operator, has served the gas company with a Rs 10 billion defamation notice. Categorically refuting SNGPL’s false claims of gas theft at a Karak (KP) site, the telecom company has served a legal notice to SNGPL. Jazz has reiterated its stance that there’s no provision for natural gas use at any of its network sites across the country, a fact that is also corroborated by the picture…

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Denmark to support green initiatives of Pakistan -Danish Ambassador

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Danish-Ambassador

Ambassador of Denmark H.E. Jakob Linulf held a meeting with Minister of Energy Mr. Muhammed Ali today at Power Division. The agenda of the meeting was opportunities for Green energy initiatives and energy conservation in Pakistan. The discussion of projects and initiatives being carried out under the Danish Energy Transition Initiative (DETI) and Investment Fund(IFU) ,a fund for Developing countries by Denmark, were discussed in the meeting. The opportunities and mechanism for wind energy in Pakistan were discussed in detail. The ambassador said that there has been an increase in…

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IMF sets conditions for power bill relief

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power-bills

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the caretaker government to improve its power generation system in order to provide relief to Pakistani consumers, while demanding that the government withdraw the subsidy it is providing on gas being supplied to captive power plants (CPPs). The IMF made this demand during its talks with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Power with regard to providing some relief to the power consumers who are under extreme burden since a phenomenal rise in power bills in July. According to sources…

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Ministries, institutions haven’t paid hefty power bills

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power-sector

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has intensified its efforts to combat power theft, but it turns out that several of its own ministries and departments owe substantial sums to the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco), amounting to a staggering Rs71.52 billion. Notably, the largest portion of this debt, Rs60.7 billion, is attributed to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) government. Curiously, there are five power supply points, or transmission lines, serving the AJ&K, and three of these points account for over Rs60 billion in unpaid dues. Among these, the losses incurred…

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Old Jamshoro grid station infrastructure faces operational challenges

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NEPRA

ISLAMABAD: The Jamshoro grid station, a pivotal component of Pakistan’s power network, confronts a range of obstacles jeopardising its operational efficiency and dependability. The System Need Assessment report, commissioned at the direction of Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) in July 2023, was submitted by the National Power Control Center (NPCC). The NPCC is part of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) and serves as the Power System Operator. The report noted that despite its critical role in the power grid, the Jamshoro grid station faces significant congestion issues…

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