energy
It’s all about energy, stupid!
Islamabad: As all our attention is focused on Asad Umer’s economic wizardry which will lead us to the proverbial Camelot that he and Prime Minister Imran Khan have promised us all along, something is amiss here. Of course, the economic challenges are indeed daunting: turning around public sector enterprises like the Steel Mills and PIA …
Shahbaz Promises Solar Energy Park in Cholistan
The Promise Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif, in his speech on July 31, 2013, announced various plans to overcome the energy crisis, including building Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park in Cholistan, a desert area on 10,000 acres of land in south Punjab. Background Pakistan has been facing a severe energy crisis and electricity shortages for the past …
‘No load-shedding in Karachi’ – Shahbaz
The statement Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif, while addressing a public gathering April 25 at District Jahang, said that there was no load shedding in Karachi, and that only Lahore and Faisalabad face power cuts. Background Electricity is the basic element to run industry in Pakistan. Woolen textiles and the cement, sugar, fertilizer and leather …
‘Ministries for Water and Power, Petroleum and Natural Resources to be merged’ – PML-N
The Promise Leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), PML-N, said they will create a Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources by merging the Ministry of Water and Power with the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources to help solve the country’s energy crisis. The plan was promised on page 24 of the PML-N Manifesto. …
Reduce load-shedding within 100 days – PML-N
The Promise Sartaj Aziz, a senior economic advisor to the Prime Minister elect Nawaz Sharif, says that electricity load-shedding would be reduced “to some extent” during first 100 days of Sharif’s government. [Dawn article] [Radio Pakistan] The Plan In an interview with UPI Next, Aziz reiterated that load-shedding would be eased during first 100 …