August 20, 2026
Jamaat-e-Islami's sit-ins outside the Punjab Chief Minister's House and three governor houses entered a fourth day, with Mall Road in Lahore closed on both tracks. Liaquat Baloch said the rulers were not ready to give up their luxuries.
Pakistan is renegotiating contracts with independent power producers to curb “unsustainable” electricity tariffs, Energy Minister Awais Ahmad Leghari said as power customers face rising unsustainable costs. Rising electricity tariffs have sparked social unrest and shuttered industries in the $350 billion economy, which has shrunk twice in recent years as inflation hit record highs. “The existing price structure of power in this country is not sustainable,” Awais Leghari, a federal minister who heads Pakistan’s Energy Department, told Reuters in an interview on Friday. He said discussions are taking place between power producers and the government because “there is a clear understanding
KARACHI: Traders at Jodia Bazaar, the largest wholesale market for goods in Karachi, have warned that they will stop imports if the new withholding tax (WHT) is implemented. During a press conference on Saturday, Rauf Ibrahim, President of the Wholesale Grocers Association, announced that the closure of Jodia Bazaar shops was a protest against the recent hikes in WHT and electricity tariffs. He criticized the 2.5% increase in WHT on pulses and commodities, questioning why traders who already pay an annual fixed tax should also be required to act as withholding agents. Ibrahim, along with Ahmed Majeed, President of Pakistan
Islamabad: Officials of the National Transmission and Dispatch Corporation (NTDC) made a shocking revelation on Wednesday that consumers were paying 40,000 megawatts (MW) of power despite consuming less electricity. “Consumers use 12,000-13,000 MW of electricity but have to pay for 40,000 MW of power,” NTDC officials said during the National Electricity Regulatory Authority (Nepra) public hearing in the federal capital. Consumers are set to get a nominal reduction in electricity rates of up to 31 paisa per unit due to fuel adjustment for the month of July 2024. The Central Power Purchase Authority (CPPA) had asked for a reduction in
Listen to the article KARACHI: Pakistan’s electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) caused a staggering loss of over Rs 196 billion to the national exchequer in just one year, according to the report of the Auditor General of Pakistan for the financial year 2023-24. The audit report points out that eight DISCOs exceeded the loss limits set by the National Electricity Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), with losses ranging from 8.84% to 20.16%. Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) led the list with losses of Rs 133 billion, followed by Sukkur Electric Power Company (SEPCO) with Rs 19.17 billion, Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) with
August 27, 2023
Countrywide protests against inflated electricity bills continue in several cities unabated, as people take to the streets, torch their bills and lament that the government is further pressing the poor who are already suffering due to historic inflation and rising poverty. The Jamaat-e-Islami has decided to hold another protest today against the high bills in Islamabad. In Lahore, the party protested in Ichhra in the afternoon and said that while India had reached the moon, rulers in Pakistan are strangling the masses here. There are 16 odd taxes in the bills and while the poor end up paying bills, the
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