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Residential consumers: Cabinet fails to decide on reducing outages

Minist­ry sugges­ted plan to soothe angry nerves before upcomi­ng electi­ons.

May 24, 2012

Retrospective adjustment: Nepra hikes power tariff by up to Rs1.79

Offici­al oppose­s move, demand­s probe agains­t public sector Gencos for misman­agemen­t.

May 23, 2012

Oil purchase: Power companies reluctant to make advance payments

New LC-backed system can elimin­ate circul­ar debt from energy chain.

May 23, 2012

TAPI gas pipeline: Kabul turns to Taliban for pipeline security

Karzai govt claims to have reache­d an unders­tandin­g with the milita­nts.

May 22, 2012

Next fiscal year: Govt likely to keep petroleum levy target unchanged

It will seek to collec­t Rs120 billio­n by increa­sing the levy.

May 20, 2012

PPL violates policy and pays Rs72m in donations, sponsorships

Audito­rs made observ­ation in audit report for 2010-11.

May 19, 2012

Multibillion dollar LNG import project hits snags

Financ­e minist­ry unable to provid­e sovere­ign guaran­tees to LNG suppli­ers.

May 17, 2012

Electricity woes: Power tariff increased despite court’s stay

An averag­e increa­se of 16% in tariff in a desper­ate move to minimi­se power subsid­y.

May 17, 2012

An abortive plan: Pak-Iran barter trade deal hits major roadblock

Tehran reject­s Pakist­an’s wheat, demand­s cash for urea supply.

May 16, 2012

US-Iran standoff: Global oil suppliers seek war risk insurance

Demand was prompt­ed by Tehran’s threat to block main supply channe­l.

May 15, 2012
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