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KARACHI: The Sindh government on Sunday demanded formation of an inquiry commission with representation of provinces to ascertain the cause of the electricity breakdown that plunged the entire country into darkness for several hours. Provincial Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh demanded setting up of an inquiry commission and removal of the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) chief, saying that hours-long nationwide power breakdown was the result of incompetence and failure of federal ministers. Talking to Dawn, he said that an inquiry commission with representation of provinces should be formed immediately…

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ABOUT seven kilometres from the Bholari turning point on left side of the Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway (M9), an uneven path leads to a barren land — the site of many windmill towers. From M9 I could barely make out the huge windmill towers, or wind turbine towers. As I reached the site I found some Chinese workers working. Each windmill tower having three long blades was approximately 100 metres high. The blades on the towers were rotating very slowly due to low wind pressure. This is one of the 10 wind…

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ISLAMABAD: While it’s apparently true that a human error at the Guddu Power Station triggered a power outage on Saturday night, the main reason for its effects to be felt across much of the country was poor maintenance and subsequent failure of the protection system in the national grid. This is what Dawn has found out in background discussions with senior officials, who concede that the events of Saturday night have served to expose mismanagement on the part of a government that has continued to run the entire power sector on an…

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Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) Managing Director Shahid Salim Khan Friday said the company had successfully injected additional 2,666 BPD oil, 82 MMCFD gas and 77 MTD LPG in its production gathering system during second quarter of the fiscal year 2020-21, ending on December 31 SLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 8th Jan, 2021 ) :Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) Managing Director Shahid Salim Khan Friday said the company had successfully injected additional 2,666 BPD oil, 82 MMCFD gas and 77 MTD LPG…

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KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange Friday witnessed a bullish trend on the back of healthy buying by local and foreign investors. BRIndex100 gained 33.87 points or 0.71 percent to close at 4,829.46 points. BRIndex100 hit intraday high of 4,861.67 and intraday low of 4,795.37 points. Volumes stood at 658.594 million shares. BRIndex30 inched up by 97.97 points or 0.41 percent to close at 24,170.94 points with a turnover of 516.638 million shares. The KSE-100 Index increased by 309.80 points or 0.68 percent to close at 45,654.34 points. Trading activity also improved…

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