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The federal cabinet, which met here with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the chair, accepted the resignation of the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) Chairman Lt-Gen Muzammil Hussain. It gave the additional charge of the Wapda chairman to the Wapda member finance till the new chairman was appointed. During the meeting, the ministers were…

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NTDC directed to speed up work on projects Minister for Energy (Power Division) Khurram Dastgir Khan visited the NTDC headquarters at the Wapda House on Monday. NTDC Managing Director Manzoor Ahmad gave a detailed presentation on the overview of NTDC and the progress on ongoing projects. The minister was apprised that NTDC operated as a…

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WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen (r) Muzammil Hussain has said that the installed hydel generation capacity of WAPDA will surge to 13949MW by 2026 with an addition of 4543 MW following the completion of its under-construction projects. He stated this in his address to WAPDA workers at Bakhtiar Labour Hall, at the invitation of the All…

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The rise in the tariff will not affect lifeline consumers (using less than 100 units a month) and incremental industrial sales for the Industrial Support Package The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has allowed power distribution companies to increase their tariff by Re0.517 per unit on account of fuel charges adjustment for three consecutive…

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NEPRA allows an increase of Rs2.87 per unit hike to distribution companies; Rs1.38 for K-Electric The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday allowed ex-Wapda Distribution Companies (XWDISCOs) an increase of Rs2.87 per unit in the power tariff and a hike of Rs1.38 per unit for the consumers of K-Electric on account of the…

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ISLAMABAD: On Sunday, the Power Division announced that it had ended power cuts across the country by injecting about 2,500MW additional electricity. “In line with the commitment of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, load-shedding has been brought to zero with effect from 05:00 am on May 1,” said Power Minister Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan. However, in…

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Islamabad: Federal Minister for Power Khurram Dastagir has said that the government will require approximately Rs 329 billion to control load shedding by June 15, 2022. “There will be a visible reduction in power load-shedding during next ten days as the thermal plants would start getting RLNG supply from May 1 and furnace oil from May…

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Say prolonged load-shedding will badly hurt economic activities Industrialists and businessmen have voiced concern over the growing power crisis as the shortfall has shot up to 6,000 to 7,000 megawatts and have urged the government to take urgent measures to overcome the shortage as it will badly affect economic activities making the life of the…

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On Friday, Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir said that the power situation would improve gradually within the next few days, and ongoing hours-long power outages are due to the non-availability of fuel for the power plants. Addressing a news conference along with Minister of State Hashim Notezai, Khurram Dastgir said that power load-shedding was due…

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