Allama Muhmmad Iqbal Words, without power, is mere philosophy.
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Federal Minister for Water and Power, Khawaja Asif, met with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pervez Khattak, in Peshawar to discuss the electricity load shedding issues on Wednesday July 16, 2014. Khawaja Asif assured Pervez Khattak to resolve the electricity problems in three phases. Pervez Khattak had threatened to shut down the electric supply to Punjab […]
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has threatened on Wednesday July 16, 2014 to shut down the electricity supply to Punjab if his province did not get its right to receive 2000MW electric supply while leading a protest rally against excessive load shedding in the province. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister said that uncontrolled electricity supply […]
Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif said provision of cheap and uninterrupted electricity to the consumers is the top priority of the government. Chairing a meeting in Islamabad on Monday‚ he said the energy crisis has adversely affected the economy and now all out efforts are being made to bridge the demand and […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said late Monday that Pakistan and India will have to join their heads together so that they can address common issues like poverty and ignorance. Addressing the nation over Radio and Television networks he said history bears testimony to the fact that progress and development of a nation is deeply linked […]
Senator Farhatullah Babar of the PPP took strong exception to the remarks of a SC judge made during hearing in a suo moto case yesterday that the BISP had made the people beggars and that the funds should have been allocated to WAPDA and asked judges to respect their limits reiterating also that a Constitution […]
A three members committee comprising Federal Ministers for Petroleum, Water and Power and Advisor on Finance has been constituted to review the energy situation and give its recommendations with a view to improve the power situation in the country. This decision was taken by Prime Minister Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso while chairing […]
Suspected militants Tuesday shot dead five security personnel hours after they attacked a power supply station near Peshawar, police said. The police found the bullet-riddled bodies in a field after they were informed by the residents. The security men were kidnapped after the militants fired rockets on the grid station in Budh Berh […]
Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Finance to streamline the banking system which will help in checking Hundi and increasing remittances from the Pakistani diaspora. He issued the directives while receiving a comprehensive briefing on the state of Pakistan’s economy at the Prime Minister’s Secretariat. It was […]
The U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson Tuesday inaugurated phase-1 of the power house project in Tarbela, the project would produce 128 megawatts electricity U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson joined WAPDA Chairman Syed Raghib Abbas Shah to recognize the completion of the U.S. – funded Tarbela Dam restoration project. The restoration of three generators at Tarbela adds […]
In what appeared to be a surprised movement, President Asif Ali Zardari has said that local body elections would be held before general polls. The president told his party leadership while presiding over a meeting of Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) core committee in Bilawal House Karachi. He also issued directives to hold municipal elections before […]
Islamabad: (Friday, August 03, 2012) responding to the hues and cries of the public that has resorted to violent demonstration across Pakistan, the government has decided to release Rs 10 billion to the Ministry of Water and Power for making payments against due to Pakistan State Oil (PSO) and independent power producers (IPPs). According to […]
PM Raja Pervez Ashraf chairs first cabinet meeting The newly elected Prime Minister of the country Raja Pervez Ashraf has asked both the Ministry of Water as well as Power to collect all outstanding dues related to Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA). According to the instructions of the Prime Minister, these dues are to […]
