No load shedding for consumers during sehri, iftar; industry to get eight-hour outages instead

Work on transmission lines for power export to Pakistan to begin in September

Request comes after resumption of gas supply to CNG stations

Ministry of Ports says issue will become more critical during monsoon

Argues gas development surcharge collection will instead increase

Petroleum minister says oil lobby doesn’t want to see LNG imports replace furnace oil in production of electricity

Support comes in wake of court case, risk and quality factors.

Water and power secretary seeks Rs84b subsidy from Finance Division.

Import of fuel on government-to-government basis continues to be held up

Changes in the tariff structure will permanently reduce the amount by which the govt subsidises bills.