PTI warns of civil disobedience on hike in power tariffs and loadshedding Peshawar: (Tuesday, January 03, 2012) Activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf yesterday, while protesting on power tariffs price hikes and unending gas and electricity loadshedding, warned of civil disobedience across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal areas. In Peshawar, PTI Provincial Working Committee Chairman Asad Qaiser led […]
Jan 3 2012 | Posted in
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After getting into crises, there are two options; either you raise voice for salvation or keep suffering silently—-most of the Pakistanis do the former. In some cases, a group of conscious people comes on roads, calls a strike and hold demos to urge the administrators to solve its problems. But, the dictatorial rulers, I am […]
Jan 3 2012 | Posted in
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Load shedding hampering Pakistan’s textile production Hours of gas and electricity load shedding has badly affected the Manchester of Pakistan (Faisalabad) where around 300,000 people have lost their jobs due to closure of the industries. MNA Fazal Kareem, speaking on a point of order in the National Assembly said his city was a business hub […]
Jan 3 2012 | Posted in
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During the summers the days are hot and made hotter still by the lack of electricity and in winters the days and nights are cold but made colder without any gas or electricity. Pakistanis have become familiar with the many shapes and forms of suffering and each new season brings with it, its own set […]
Dec 27 2011 | Posted in
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Violent street protests against the shortage of gas supply all over the country struck the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Monday, when a huge crowd blocked the Islamabad Expressway. The mass gathering rallied to block one of the most-used roads in the city from 11 a.m. and petered out after eight hours of […]
Dec 21 2011 | Posted in
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Oil up near $104, Iran sanctions support * Lower volumes could mean greater volatility SINGAPORE: Oil prices were up near $104 on Friday, consolidating after a heavy sell off earlier in the week, supported by a weaker dollar and concern over US sanctions against Iran, but the eurozone debt crisis continued to weigh. Brent crude, […]
Dec 19 2011 | Posted in
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Minister directs SNGPL, SSGCL the glass, the LPG market * Gap between supply and demand of natural gas has reached a point almost 1000 mmcfd Islamabad: In order to facilitate the domestic gas consumption during the severe gas crisis in the country, the Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain directed Sui […]
Dec 17 2011 | Posted in
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The plea was denied after a Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) representative told the court that the sector was already getting a major portion of the supply. The association counsel objected to the figures presented by the SNGPL regarding gas supplied to the filling stations and the sector’s demand. However, the court asked him […]
Dec 16 2011 | Posted in
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Gas load management problems – Oil and gas sector update Pakistan LAHORE: It has been learnt from reliable sources that the Lahore High Court have asked the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) and the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) to explain the court of the law under which CNG loadshedding was being conducted. […]
Dec 13 2011 | Posted in
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CNG loadshedding troubling the public – Oil and gas sector update Pakistan LAHORE: It has been learnt from reliable sources that the Lahore High Court have asked the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) and the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) to explain the court of the law under which CNG loadshedding was being […]
Dec 13 2011 | Posted in
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Baluchistan criticizes draft petroleum policy – Pakistan oil and gas sector update ISLAMABAD (APP) – Parliamentary Secretary for Industries and Production Pir Haider Ali Shah on Sunday proposed certain amendments in the draft petroleum policy 2011, to promote exploration activity in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan. He said the draft policy was contemplating to disband […]
Dec 1 2011 | Posted in
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No load shedding in industrial areas from tomorrow, Petroleum Minister – Pakistan oil & gas sector update Karachi —The Federal Minister for Petgroeum Dr. Asim has said that there would be no load shedding of electricity in industrial areas from Monday. The industrial associations have welcomed the government’s move to stop load-shedding in industrial areas. […]
Nov 27 2011 | Posted in
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