Saturday, May 25, 2013
Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources (MOPNR) has reversed its decision to ban cars over 1000cc from using CNG as fuel - saying it was ‘not implementable.’ The decision had been taken after being ...

Thursday, May 23, 2013
Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N has hammered out a short-term plan to erase the Rs500 billion circular debt once and for all through treasury bills, an expert of the party involved in finalising the strategy to overcome the crippling power ...

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Hazar Khan Khoso has placed a ban from May 25 on the use of CNG gas by 1000cc or bigger vehicles. However, the All Pakistan CNG Association has rejected the decision and vowed to defy the orders of ...

Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: The government is all set to release Rs22.50 billion today (Tuesday) to increase electricity generation to a reasonable level with a view to reducing the crippling loadshedding to four-five hours only for 10 days. The ...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: The interim government has removed the managing directors of Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and directed them to report to the ministry of petroleum and natural ...

Thursday, May 09, 2013
Usman Manzoor & Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: The caretakers are showing their ‘might’ by sending the defiant heads of state-owned enterprises who have refused to bow before the illegal orders of their ministers. The latest case is that of Oil and Gas Development ...

Thursday, May 09, 2013
Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: Just a day before the elections, the minister for water and power is not sure whether the country will experience loadshedding on May 11 or not. His ministry has neither been provided Rs35 billion nor 152mmcf of gas to the ...

Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: The massive swindling of Rs320 million through the pilferage of high speed diesel (HSD) at Tando Alam Logistics has been found as one of the main reasons, which has led to the unceremonious sacking of Masood Siddiqui as ...

Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: The country was deprived of 810MWs here on Monday night when all the 10 units of the Mangla Dam tripped at 8.45pm but came back on line after 90 minutes. The sudden Mangla powerhouse breakdown exposed major parts of the ...

Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government has sacked Masood Siddiqui, the Managing Director of OGDCL, with immediate effect. The government has also removed Irfan Nasr from the post of managing director of the Government Holding Private ...