Government, gas and winter
The slogans of pessimism and dialogue of criticism have almost become nature of Pakistani society due to the charged atmosphere by the media and the general environment prevailing around us.…
UFG – digging deeper into lost gas phenomenon
At 45 percent the composition of natural gas in the country's energy mix apparently looks quite imposing. However, the greatest challenge in front of the present government and gas utilities…
Managing the natural gas crisis
The dual menace of power and gas shortage is a serious issue that has caused much damage to the national economy and is likely to damage more, if the right…
Gas crisis
Pakistan produces around 4 bcf per day (bcfd) natural gas out of which 3.2 bcfd is available to the two Gas Utility companies viz SSGC and SNGPL. The balance is…
Sanctions and pipelines
Place your bets. Will Pakistan risk inviting American and European Union sanctions upon itself, as well as the ire of its key ally Saudi Arabia, in return for Iranian help…
War of pipelines
US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson’s statement on December 10 against the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline (IP) was not a mere reiteration of the economic interests of the United States and…
Withering geoeconomics
IT was almost exactly three years ago that a paper was published by Moeed Yusuf and his co-author Rabia Akhtar arguing in favour of a pivot away from geopolitics towards geoeconomics as…
Tax-fueled chaos
The government of Pakistan is in the business of buying and selling electricity. It has so far lost Rs2.4 trillion in this business. The government of Pakistan is in the…
University rules likely to undergo drastic changes in Punjab
Vice chancellors of different public sector universities on Monday expressed concerns over some proposals of the Punjab government, claiming that under the amended laws the role of academia in the…
VCs moot today to address higher education issues
The Punjab government is hosting a vice-chancellors’ conference on higher education on Monday (today) to address key issues of governance, academic quality, financial management and curriculum alignment with national requirements.…
