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Load shedding woes: Negotiations with FESCO turn sour
Traders and industrialists scuffle over who would get most relief.
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Power riots: Wapda Complex attacked over loadshedding
GEPCO office in Gujranwala surrounded.
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Cng supply: Loadshedding restarts
Under the new schedule, pumps are only allowed to sell CNG from Monday to Wednesday.
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Sethi shakes things up: 27 DCOs and 8 RPOs replaced
Caretaker chief minister outlines changes in bureaucracy, hopes to compensate victims of war on terror in Punjab.
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Power woes: No schedule provided on prolonged power cuts
Shortages lasting up to 18 hours a day will test the current caretaker setup.
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Caretakers’ handiwork: Blackouts to discredit PPP in polls, says Mukhtar
Mukhtar fails to understand why there was load shedding in the urban and rural areas when summer was just beginning.
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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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Power distribution: ‘Discos appear to be overbilling customers’
Lahore High Court seeks schedule for power outages, explanation for high load shedding in Punjab.
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Premier directs immediate release of Rs11b to PSO
Funds to be used for oil imports; committee formed to come up with plan.
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Islamabad’s businessmen criticise hike in power tariff
Ask government to find a permanent solution instead of raising tariffs.
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A PML-N Sindh team meets Shahbaz Sharif
Shahbaz Sharif says ground realities in Sindh presented a totally different picture than what is on the papers.
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Agrarian reform policies: Land reforms prove hard nut to crack for political parties
At seminar, no leader from any major party gave concrete land reform solutions, only rhetoric.
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SSGC directs captive power plant users to increase efficiency to 40%
Says company will take action on those who fail to comply.
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Loadshedding blues
The numerous calls and complaints lodged with the KESC have resulted in no response.
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MQM wants to turn Pakistan into welfare state: Farooq Sattar
MQM releases party manifesto focusing on social, economic and human development.
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Insurgent’s handiwork: 17 Balochistan districts plunge into darkness
Four electricity pylons blown up in Dera Murad Jamali; FC head promises security for elections.
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Load shedding: Energy forums to voice concerns in G-B
The members were chosen during a round table conference.
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Is ‘dheet’ the word I want?
There is no other word for Musharraf's absolute rule, where he wielded unlimited & supreme power, answerable to none.
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Of lives and limbs
This is a time for taking stock of the government’s overall performance.
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Loadshedding protest in Muzaffarabad turns violent
At least 50 people injured as protesters pelt stones at police.
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Appeal to chief justice: TIP seeks action over delayed passport delivery
Transparency International Pakistan says passport office has become highly corrupt in last five years.
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History in the making: General elections on May 11
Presidency notifies the date; ECP will announce schedule on March 23.
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Terror attack: Bombers storm Judicial Complex in Peshawar
Four dead, dozens injured; Taliban suspend talks offer.
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Tax refund: Govt bequeaths Rs600b scam to caretakers
Mandviwalla says NAB has been engaged to recover Rs100b from big power defaulters.
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Why the Pakistan textile industry cannot die
Growing market for yarn, raw cotton and cotton cloth could be a lifeline for local industry.
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Power crisis: Govt bows out, leaving behind a ‘dark’ legacy
Interim setup now has to decide what to do with Rs200b in pending power tariff increases, Rs450 billion circular debt.
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Parliament’s accomplishments
It would be erroneous to say National Assembly only treaded water as it made significant legislative accomplishments.
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Political gathering: CM renews enlists achievements
If PML-N gets elected in the upcoming election, it will eradicate loadshedding from the country within two years.
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Mardan rally: Nawaz promises peace if voted to power
Blames incumbent rulers for rise in poverty, insecurity and inflation.
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The Pakistani columnist’s burden
If I don’t tell Pakistanis to pay their taxes, that making peace with India is important, then who will?
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Gas Load Shedding: ‘Sit-in if CNG supply not restored’
A hunger strike and sit-in will be started if uninterrupted seven-day gas supply is not restored, says Naseer.
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Electricity bill defaulters
Rehman Malik's unpaid electricity bill for February was Rs153,788.
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Anti-cng policies : CNG industry to go on strike
Paracha demanded reversal of all the anti-CNG moves.
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Not an attraction: In Matta Bazaar, puddles of rainwater outnumber shops
Commercial area of 3,500 faces lack of facilities, unhygienic conditions.
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MQM walks out of NA to oppose petrol price hike
Government taking steps to purchase 500 megawatts of electricity from India, National Assembly informed.
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Farewell hike: Petroleum products’ prices go up
The price of petrol has been increased from the existing Rs103.07 to Rs 106.60 per litre.
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Power breakdown: Zardari takes stock of Sunday’s blackout
Officials give detailed briefing on what went wrong.
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Sunday’s power fiasco: What went wrong?
Rs 3 billion in power sales was lost on Sunday during the blackout.
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Unannounced and unwelcome: power cuts compounding locals’ problems
Electrical appliances such as ovens and heaters rendered useless.
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Wastage of funds: Parliamentary panel directs end to power subsidy for rich
Says country can ill-afford affluent people availing the facility.
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Running water fountains
Islamabad’s administrators should have noted rest of country’s power problems and never continued with such a project.
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Is there an effective economic argument for democracy?
Sadly, some of Pakistan’s best growth years have been in times of martial law.
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Loadshedding: Rural areas of Swat experience 22 hours outages
Electricity load shedding takes on Swat people.
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Justified comment
Donors from whom Pakistan begs, are entitled to question why majority of elite refuse to pay their due taxes.
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Trend file with Secret Closet: Add Some Spring to Your Step
Lawn exhibition welcomes the arrival of Spring
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Customer satisfaction: Government officials train to address consumer complaints
Officials of PESCO, SNGPL and PCC took part in the training.
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We will end load shedding on a priority basis, Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz meets with energy experts from UAE to discuss Punjab's load shedding.
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International moot: Exploring untapped potential for better results
Speakers urge sustainable use of natural resources of K-P and FATA.
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PSO cuts by half furnace oil supply to power plants
Cash crunch puts pressure on oil marketing giant as stocks fall.
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Alternative energy: Students, schools start receiving solar panels
181,966 students in 36 districts of the province will be awarded the SHS kits under the Ujaala Programme.