UFG: the elephant in the room
Natural gas is the most important energy source in Pakistan’s energy mix providing 40% of its primary energy supplies for decades. According to the Energy Year Book for 2022, Pakistan’s…
What actually contributes to higher UFG?
Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Ghulam Sarwar Khan recently revealed that the combined annual losses of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited…
The UFG challenge
Natural gas is the biggest source of primary energy with a share of 46% in the energy mix, followed by oil, contributing another 35%. Pakistan can also boast of one…
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…
Where did the gas go?
IN most middle-income countries, particularly across the Global South, it’s rare for households to receive piped natural gas directly into their homes. Pakistan is one of the few exceptions. In…
US-Japan trade deal averts worst for global economy
Japan’s trade agreement with the US could serve as the benchmark for many other deals currently being negotiated with Washington, and the global economy could just about support the 15…
Growth and foreign fervour for yield give Japan fiscal wiggle room
A weekend election in Japan has made real the prospect of bigger government spending and deficits in the world’s most indebted developed nation, although for now foreign investors and a…
The question of privatisation
WHEN I wrote my columns on the six pillars for growth, people pointed out areas I had missed, including privatisation of state-owned enterprises. Since most SOEs lose money, I thought this…
Racked with guilt
I FEEL guilty when standing under a hot shower in the morning because the gas which is heating the water, even though paid for by me, is causing a 20…
Privatization
Pakistan's economic engine is sputtering, with growth stagnating at a mere one per cent. The budget deficit, ballooning at Rs8,500 billion, casts a shadow of uncertainty over fiscal stability, while…
