Big industry expands 6.6pc in October
ISLAMABAD: The large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector grew 6.6 per cent YoY during October 2020, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau...
Steelmakers feel the heat of rising input costs
ISLAMABAD: The drastic increase the prices of raw material has created a crisis-like situation in the struggling steel sector of Pakistan, as...
NEPRA approves Rs1.11 per unit hike in power tariff
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Monday approved Rs1.11 per unit hike in power tariff on account of variations...
Export-oriented industry to get uninterrupted gas: Dawood
ISLAMABAD:Â Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood has said that the export-oriented industry will be supplied uninterrupted gas...
Cabinet likely to ratify gas load management plan for winter
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet is likely to ratify the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE)'s decision regarding natural gas load management for the...
NEPRA approves reduction in industrial tariff
ISLAMABAD: In line with the prime minister's promise to the small & medium industries, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has...
700MW Azad Pattan hydropower project nears financial close
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have taken another step towards achieving the financial close of the 700MW Azad Pattan Hydropower Project, which is...
FIA asked to probe Rs80bn misappropriation in Nandipur power project
ISLAMABAD: Power Division Minister Omar Ayub Khan has said that the previous government of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had signed expensive energy...
Govt likely to approve ‘uniform standards’ for steel industry
ISLAMABAD: The country's steelmakers have demanded the government to implement uniform standards for steel and its raw material in the country, sources...
K-Electric profit slips in July-Sept quarter
The Board of Directors of K-Electric Limited (KE), in its meeting held recently at the KE head office, approved the company's financial...
LPG price hiked to Rs132 per kg
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Monday notified a Rs2/kg hike in the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)...
Omar Ayub assures domestic consumers of uninterrupted gas supply
PINDI BHATTIAN: Energy Minister Omar Ayub Khan has said that the government will ensure uninterrupted gas supply to domestic consumers during the...
KPT, Metro Gas sign MoU for development of virtual LNG pipeline
KARACHI: Karachi Port Trust and Metro Gas (Pvt) Ltd have entered a memorandum of understanding for establishment of a 'virtual pipeline system'...
SSGC, SNGPL oppose OGRA’s decision to cut consumer tariff
ISLAMABAD: Gas distributors on Friday opposed the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority’s (OGRA) decision to slash liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices for consumers.
According...
WAPDA seeks Rs2 per unit hike in hydel power tariff
ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has completed its hearing on an application of the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA),...