Power plant retirement policy
There are plans to retire 19 power plants of an aggregate capacity of 7339 MW as per IGCEP (Integrated Generation Capacity Expansion Plan) in the period 2021-2031. Due to the…
Oily matters – I
Pakistan’s oil imports are the biggest drain on foreign exchange. Current year’s oil import bill has been projected to exceed 23 billion USD as against total exports of 34 billion…
Nepra’s SOI report 2022: a comment — II
There is a counter point of view as well. As per info available to this writer, significant progress and renovation has been done with regard to SCADA (Supervisory Control and…
Pepco’s revival
Pepco (Pakistan Electric Power Company) has been revived under a legal arrangement of being a “Managing Agent”. The role of Pepco, briefly speaking, is to monitor and coordinate the operations…
Load-shedding adds to summer heat’s intensity
For several days, the whole country suffered a massive breakdown of electricity amidst unprecedented heat crossing 45 deg. C. In some localities, claims are that the load-shedding has been for…
OBOR & CPEC – I
While the US, the UK, France and some other developed countries are trying to hide behind anti-globalization actions; One Belt and One Road (OBOR) of China symbolises physical form of…
End of the American century?
Everyone is feeling the turbulence in world affairs, with the change of guard at the White House making headlines. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has stopped funding…
What did the World Bank visit mean?
A nine-member delegation of World Bank Executive Directors visited Pakistan in February 2025 to engage in discussions on economic development plans and the implementation of the Country Partnership Framework (CPF).…
A malleable agenda
AS the new world order takes shape, with Trumpism at the forefront, many of us can only watch with bemused interest how, globally, priorities and interests are radically shifting. Diversity, equity and…
How to green Karachi
Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city and one of the most populous in the world with over 25 million residents, faces critical environmental challenges. It ranks among the least green megacities globally,…
