Pakistan’s energy sector woes
Pakistan is facing a severe energy crisis. The gap between demand and supply is estimated around 7,000MW at present. This results in loadshedding of up to 20 hours in certain…
Pakistan’s energy sector woes
Pakistan is facing a severe energy crisis. The gap between demand and supply is estimated around 7,000MW at present. This results in loadshedding of up to 20 hours in certain…
How green was my valley
This article is not about the Richard Llewellyn novel where a ‘town is reduced to a contaminated shell’. It is about one of Pakistan’s strikingly beautiful valleys which will soon…
The truth about Xi’s visit
Officials in Islamabad and Beijing announced last Saturday that they had decided to postpone Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Pakistan because of the political impasse in the country. President…
New directions in energy sector
More than six months have passed after the installation of the new government of PML (N). Although, a lot should not be expected in this short period, it is long…
A landmark judgement by SC
In a landmark judgement delivered on December 10, 2013, the Supreme Court of Pakistan held imposition of nine percent additional sales tax on supply of CNG (Compressed natural gas) as…
Circular debt genie again out of the bottle
After resolution of around Rs 500 billion circular debt earlier in July this year, the much-dreaded inter-corporate power sector circular debt has again reached over Rs 225 billion within the…
Flawed energy policy
It is an accepted fact now that the National Energy Policy 2013-2018 is merely a policy statement. Or, at best, it is the policy strategy, as declared in the document…
Economics and politics of energy imports
Pakistan is in the middle of a major socio-economic crisis because of the non-availability of electricity on a sustained and affordable basis. The crisis is basically caused by major gaps…
Dam-ned if we don’t
When it comes to economic issues, our leaders have time and again placed personal politics and vested interests ahead of the national economy. To illustrate our apathy, consider the case…
