LAHORE, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 22nd Sep, 2020 ) :The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project intends to build Pakistan‘s most needed infrastructure and boost its economy by constructing modern transportation networks, setting up of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) and numerous energy projects. Geo-strategically, CPEC project is located between three key important landlocked regions of the globe including economically emerging and rich-resourced Central Asia, oil-rich Western Asia and thickly populated South Asia. �After globalization, digital technology is transforming the world into global-digital-village in the real sense of modern technology usage, and regional integration is a key aspect of this information mechanism.�� If…
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After debt reduction, PSO to reap benefit in next quarter
Despite declaring a loss after tax of Rs 6.465 billion for the year ended June 30, 2020, Pakistan State Oil (PSO) may have found a silver lining as the company has managed to retire Rs 42 billion debt in the company’s short-term borrowings. As per details, PSO short term borrowings reduced from Rs 121.678 billion in FY19 to Rs 79.032 billion in FY20, signifying a debt decline of an impressive 35 percent. As per a report from Foundation Securities, the decline in short-term debt is likely to have a strong positive…
Read MoreMEPCO outperforms DISCOs in achieving recovery target in 2018-19: Nepra
LAHORE: The Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO) remained very close to its recovery target, followed by Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO) and Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) by showing their recoveries as 99.8 percent, 98 percent and 97.67 percent respectively during 2018-19, said Performance Evaluation Report of National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) for the fiscal year 2018-19. However, none of the DISCO has achieved the milestone of 100 percent recovery. According to details, against a target of 100 percent, the actual recovery of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) stood…
Read MorePakistan looks to auction unutilized LNG capacity: industry body
Karachi — Pakistan may auction unutilized LNG regasification capacity of around 300 MMcf/d available at the government-owned Gasport Terminal in an effort to reduce the financial burden, Abdullah Ghais Paracha, chairman of the All Pakistan CNG Association, told S&P Global Platts. The country’s Economic Coordination Committee in July approved a proposal to give third parties access to its LNG receiving facilities by selling capacity not utilized by the state-run importer, a move industry officials say would encourage more private sector participation in the country’s LNG sector. Ghais said the government’s plan…
Read MoreLooming Energy Crisis
Looming Energy Crisis September 24, 2020 Warnings from both the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) about confirmed gas shortages for Punjab and Sindh respectively, means that residential consumers and businesses are in for a tough winter. Federal Energy Minister Omar Ayub had, as early as the start of August, informed a Senate standing committee that the problem of gas loadshedding would continue this winter as countrywide demand for gas had risen to 7.5 billion cubic feet per day while supply would fall short…
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