Nationalise the IPPs
In Gordium, the capital of Phrygia (ancient Greece), legend had it that whoever could untie an oxcart tied by a complex knot would rule all Asia. Famously, in 333 BCE,…
IPPs in the dock?
PM Imran Khan vowed in the midst of recent sugar, wheat and other commodities shortage and hoarding crisis that he would not spare the cartels and hoarders and take them…
Report on IPPs
The report on the conduct of IPPs has indeed triggered extensive criticism on the profits made by Independent Power Producers (IPPs) in the last four decades and witnessed an extensive…
The IPPs’ curse
The recent “un-official” release of the Report by the Muhammad Ali Khan Committee on Power Sector has given the scandal hungry predators another target to feast upon. This Report fits…
Govt-IPPs agreement
IPP issue has been dangling for a long time now. Negotiations were going on for the last few months after the famous IPP Report which laid bare facts and background,…
Audit of IPPs
The differences between the Federal Ministry of Water and Power and Ministry of Finance over the payment of public money to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) in the guise of circular…
Small IPPs and power sector
The power sector is facing the fourth of its crisis since the setting up of the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) in 1958 and the formulation of the National…
Caretakers and a trembling economy
Elections are the backbone of a strong democratic process. Free and fair elections and a smooth transfer of power form the basis of a stable democracy in any country. In…
Power sector remains Pakistan’s Achilles heel
The power sector continues to be a major source of concern with circular debt a high of 2.6 trillion rupees at present - a burden on the country’s scarce resources…
Countering market fundamentalism
Amidst a deep economic and financial crisis, the pundits of the neoliberal world are again prescribing a recipe for disaster, piling pressure on the government to privatize state-run entities and…
