Thar power projects to be completed ahead of schedule
Islamabad: The Thar coal mining and 660MW power project in Thar Block II will be completed ahead of the scheduled time; the...
Second LNG terminal faces mounting operational delays
Islamabad: The efforts to finish Pakistan’s second Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal has hit the snags and forced the government to defer...
Shanghai Electric rescinds offer to buy 66.4 pc holding in KE: sources
KARACHI
China’s Shanghai Electric Power Company has most probably withdrawn an offer to buy 66.4 per cent stakes of K-Electric Limited after the...
In Pakistan, China presses built-in advantage for ‘Silk Road’ contracts
Islamabad: Last year, Pakistan held informal talks with General Electric, Siemens and Switzerland's ABB to build the country's first high-voltage transmission line....
Pakistan eyes 2018 start for China-funded Diamer-Bhasha dam
Islamabad: Pakistan expects China to fund a long-delayed Indus river mega dam project in Gilgit-Baltistan, part of disputed Kashmir, with work beginning...
Govt abandons $2b Gwadar-Nawabshah gas pipeline project
Islamabad: The $2b Gwadar-Nawabshah gas pipeline project has been abandoned by the incumbent government in light of the brewing diplomatic crisis that...
Patrind hydro-power plant gets connected to national grid: NTDC
Lahore: The National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC) on Tuesday said that one unit of the Patrind hydro-power plant has started...
Rs7.5b released to CPPA for partial payment of circular debt
PSO supplied 750,000 tons of fuel to power plants during this peak consumption season
Islamabad: With the circular debt mounting, the Ministry of...
Govt starts power generation from two ‘illegal’ RPPs
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government has secretly granted permission for generation of electricity to those two rental power projects, which were...
Quaid-e-Azam solar power plant to be privatized
Quaid-e-Azam solar power project had attracted Rs3.8b investment from the Govt.of Punjab
Lahore: Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power Plant of 100MW capacity owned by the...
Government to spend Rs37.97m on appraisal of coal reserves
Rs37.97m to be spent on appraisal of coal reserves
Islamabad: The government will spend Rs37.97 million more on the appraisal of huge coal...
Wapda seeks 98pc rise in hydel generation tariff
KP demands 390pc increase in net hydel profit, Wapda seeks rise of 98pc in hydel tariff per unit
Islamabad: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has...
Rs41b approved by ECC to pay IPPs and PSO’s outstanding dues
Rs41b approved by ECC for payments to IPPs and PSO
Islamabad
The circular debt and power outages issue continues to create nightmares for the...
13 coal power plants on the verge of completion
Islamabad
Six power generation projects based on indigenous coal with cumulative capacity of 4,290 megawatts and seven projects based on imported coal with...
LNG imports from Qatar unaffected says: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
LNG imports from Qatar to continue
Karachi
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources on Wednesday gave a statement clarifying that LNG...