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SSGC Blames KMC, TMCs for Karachi’s Dug-Up Roads Despite Rs11.9 Billion Disbursed

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KARACHI:The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has defended itself against criticism over dug-up roads across Karachi, stating that it disbursed Rs11.9 billion to the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and various Town Municipal Corporations (TMCs) for road-cutting and rehabilitation between July 2024 and June 2025. While political and civic groups have blamed the utility for damaging roads to lay pipelines, SSGC sources clarified that the company made timely payments as required, and the responsibility for restoring the roads lies with the municipal bodies. According to SSGC data, the highest payments—Rs3.55 billion—were…

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Govt Rules Out New Power Surcharge, Announces Tariff Cut

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ISLAMABAD:The Power Division has clarified that there is no plan to impose a new power surcharge on electricity bills to cover commercial loans taken to reduce the circular debt. This assurance came during a public hearing convened to consider the division’s motion for reducing the national electricity tariff by up to Rs1.15 per unit due to tariff rebasing. Officials stated that the average national tariff would decrease from Rs32.73 to Rs31.59 per unit. All consumers, except those in the lifeline category, will benefit from the Rs1.15 per unit cut in…

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PAC Orders K-Electric to Pay Sindh Govt Rs700 Million Monthly in Electricity Duty

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KARACHI: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Sindh Assembly has ordered K-Electric to start paying the Sindh government between Rs500 million to Rs700 million monthly from electricity duty collections, effective retroactively from September 2024. The directive follows a dispute over Rs32 billion that K-Electric has collected from consumers under electricity duty but has yet to transfer to the provincial government. The PAC, chaired by Nisar Khuhro, ruled that the monthly payments must continue until the issue is resolved, including KE’s pending receivables of Rs23.5 billion from the Karachi Water…

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IPPs Warn: Proposed Furnace Oil Levies to Hike Power Costs, Threaten Refineries

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ISLAMABAD: Independent Power Producers (IPPs) have cautioned the government that proposed levies on furnace oil (FO) in the 2025–26 federal budget could sharply increase electricity generation costs and severely impact refinery operations. In formal communications to the Petroleum Division, the Hub Power Company (Hubco) and the IPPs Advisory Council (IPPAC) raised alarms over the draft Finance Bill’s proposed imposition of a Rs77 per litre Petroleum Levy (PL) and a Rs2.5 per litre Carbon Levy (CL), effective July 1, 2025. Combined, these would raise FO prices by over Rs84,700 per metric…

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Govt to Stop Collecting Electricity Duty Through Bills from July 2025

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ISLAMABAD:Federal Energy Minister Awais Leghari has formally written to all provincial chief ministers, announcing the government’s decision to discontinue the collection of Electricity Duty through power bills starting July 1, 2025. In his communication, Leghari urged provincial governments to support efforts to streamline billing by eliminating various add-on charges that burden consumers. He emphasized that already high electricity tariffs are made even more complex and confusing due to multiple taxes and levies being bundled into monthly bills. The minister underscored the federal government’s ongoing reforms to bring down electricity costs,…

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