Energy: Power generation capacity expected to jump 46% by 2018
Private sector investing over $14.3 billion in hydroelectricity, coal-fired thermal plants.
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Electricity woes: No end to power crisis before election: officials
No short-term solution to the problem, ministry tells PM Ashraf.
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No way out: ‘Resources to end power outages lacking’
Kaira, Mukhtar insist increase in demand behind power crisis.
Patients at Risk: Hospitals severely affected by power cuts
Doctors, attendants and patients at the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) are among those suffering from load-shedding.
Overburdened: Police presence at Pesco outlets increased
Police have deployed extra personnel around Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) installations this month.
Futile assertions: Govt continues with hollow statements as public anger mounts
No tangible solution for the energy crisis has yet been provided.
PM forms load management committee in a bid to arrest loadshedding
Textile industry to bite loadshedding bullet as PM seeks APTMA cooperation till energy situation improves.
Energy crisis: PTI to protest in Peshawar on July 14
PTI Chairman Imran Khan will lead the rally in Peshawar.
Fewer announcements, more change on the power front: Ashraf
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf says he hopes people "feel the difference" on the power crisis front over the coming days.
Power crisis: Shortfall increases to 7,663 MW
The power demand has surged to 17,706 MW against the total generation of 10,053 MW due to severe heat wave.
Gilani directs Finance Ministry to release Rs1.5b to WAPDA
Prime minister holds meeting with PPIB, reviews ongoing electricity crisis in the country.
No respite: Power outages to continue for next two years
Secretary says massive tariff hikes will be made in next two months.
Eureka!: Print more currency to solve power crisis, says PM
Malik backs suggestion; cabinet endorses DCC decisions.
‘Energy conferences’ and ‘sacred cows’
‘Energy conference’ was little more than a waste of the government’s energy spent in talking about futile efforts.
Tackling the energy crisis
Govt has put forward timid proposals that exist only for publicity and to cool tempers for a short period.
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