Power policy
Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari announced on Wednesday that a national electricity plan is being devised to enable consumers to select the electricity company of their own…
Power policy
Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari announced on Wednesday that a national electricity plan is being devised to enable consumers to select the electricity company of their own…
In quest of renewable power policy
The use of fossil fuel is still the dominant source of power generation that accounts for around 65% globally. However, the tilt in favour of renewable resources is changing at…
The same old power policy
When ex-PM Yousuf Raza Gilani famously dubbed Nargis Sethi the ‘Condoleeza Rice of Pakistan’ he may have been on to something. Sethi is indeed a formidable administrator with an enviable…
Punjab Power Policy
The Achilles heel of Punjab's development and future growth is its large power deficit. Punjab is the only province of Pakistan which generates much less electricity than it consumes. According…
Power policy
Thirty percent of the new power policy makes sense. Seventy percent of the new power policy is poppycock. The PML-N wants to deliver. Delivery has three pre-requisites: intention, planning and…
Power policy gaps
It is almost here. The new power policy, much hyped and much anticipated, is almost with us. Although by the looks of things, there are still a few hurdles to…
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…
Policy power plays
State policies are supposedly formulated by government institutions to serve people, especially those most vulnerable. In reality, policies serve powerful groups who, given their vast private powers, disproportionately determine which…
Power and US policy
The Egyptian crisis and wider turmoil in the Middle East has intensified the debate in America and beyond about how Washington should respond to the turbulent turn of events in…
