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The government plans to add 9,000 megawatts of solar energy to the national grid, as an alternative energy source to the costly electricity being generated using imported fuel, under an initiative that includes waiving of all import duties along with tax incentives. Earlier this month, the government announced plans to launch solar power projects of around 14,000 megawatts this year. Keeping in view the recent hike in electricity prices following the rise in fuel cost, the government is kicking off 9,000MW projects under ‘Solar Energy Initiatives’ on priority. Sources claim…

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Reports of a few violent protests emerged in parts of the city against K-Electric in which staff and properties of the company were badly damaged. As a result, the power utility suffered severe losses in its offices in Korangi, Landhi, and Malir, among others. Due to severe damage caused to K-Electric’s IBCs in Landhi and Korangi in particular, both shall remain temporarily closed, it stated in issued press release. Warning about stern action against violent attacks, KE Spokesperson said, “While we respect citizens’ right to peaceful protest, some miscreants are…

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Supply of gas to various parts of Balochistan was suspended as flooding in Bolan River washed away 12-inch gas pipeline in Bolan district on Thursday. “Incessant rains and hilly torrents have swept away alternative gas pipeline of 12 inch causing gas supply suspension to the areas including Quetta, Pishin, Mastung, and Kalat,” SSGC spokesman Salman Siddiqui said. Floods had damaged 24-inch pipeline passing under the riverbed near Bibi Nani on 19 August, 2022 following which SSGC had restored gas supply to the affected districts from an alternative pipeline of 12…

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Pakistan’s oil reserves shrank 7 percent to 233 million barrels in June 2022 from 249 million in the same month last year as deposits at major active fields are exhausting in the absence of any significant new discoveries. Latest industry data showed oil reserves at Mardenkhel, Adhi, Shahdadpur, Pasakhi North East, Nashpa, and Mela fields declined by 13 percent, 14 percent, 15 percent, 22 percent, 38 percent, and 74 percent year-on-year, respectively. Whereas, oil deposits at Makori East, Chanda, Tolanj West, and Togh reported a healthy growth of 18 percent,…

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The Jamaat-e-Islami’s Karachi chapter on Wednesday filed a petition in the Sindh High Court (SHC) against “illegal” loadshedding, lack of power generation and collection of different taxes by K-Electric from its consumers through the electricity bills. JI Karachi chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman and others said KE has failed to discharge its duty for providing uninterrupted electricity to the residents. They said the right to have electricity is an essential component of the right to life enshrined in the constitution. They pointed out the lack of an independent mechanism to check…

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