New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The deep crisis in Pakistan’s power sector, in which consumers are left to pay huge electricity bills amid widespread outages, has resulted from excessive borrowing and financial mismanagement by the ruling establishment, according to an article in Geo News.At the heart of the problem is that Pakistan’s Independent Power Producer (IPP) model violated nearly every condition of development finance. Take-or-pay contracts transferred demand risk from investors to consu…
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Islamabad, April 27 (IANS) Islamabad police have arrested a man for reportedly sharing a post on social media, comparing the capital’s Tarnol Railway Crossing to the still-besieged Strait of Hormuz and charged him with not following an official order, trying “wrongful restraint” and “attempting a crime punishable with life imprisonment or less”, local media reported. Perhaps frustrated over the traffic hold-up due to a passing train, the man reportedly posted: “Tarnol Railway Crossing is no less…
Quetta, April 23 (IANS) Routine police patrolling has been disrupted due to growing shortage of fuel for police patrol vehicles in Pakistan’s Quetta, sparking concern among people over a potential increase in crime and delay in emergency response, local media reported on Friday. Patrol vehicles assigned to several police stations in Balochistan’s Quetta have remained largely inactive due to inadequate petrol and diesel supplies, Pakistan’s leading daily The Express Tribune reported. These vehicl…
Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) Suspension of goods transport has triggered a shortage of edibles and fuel in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi and Islamabad and traders and good transporters have urged the district administration to reopen the roads, local media reported on Thursday. Oil Tanker Contractors’ Association spokesperson Noman Ali Butt said that supply had been impacted due to no oil tanker movement.”The ban on the entry of goods transport vehicles is severely hampering the supply of petroleum produc…
Islamabad, April 9 (IANS) Three people have been killed and 14 others injured in rain-related incidents in Peshawar, Mohmand and Nowshera districts of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Thursday. Rescue 1122 spokesman Bilal Ahmad Faizi said that a child died and two others were injured in a roof collapse incident in Mattani area of Peshawar, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported. The rescue workers took the injured people to the hospital. He further mentioned that p…
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) At least 45 people were killed and 105 others injured after heavy rains caused roof and wall collapses across several parts of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since March-end, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority’s (PDMA) latest report issued on Sunday quoting media reports. In its latest report, PDMA said that casualties were caused due to roof and wall collapse amid heavy rains across several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The PDMA said the deceas…
Islamabad, March 17 (IANS) A car worth Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 90 million has been bought for Pakistan’s Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani from the Senate’s budget even as a majority of the country’s population battles rising inflation, the local media reported.According to sources, the vehicle was purchased from the Senate budget and has already arrived at the Pakistan’s Senate Secretariat. When asked about the purchase, Gilani, a former Prime Minister of Pakistan, said that the car has already…
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) Several key roads in Pakistan’s Karachi remained shut on Wednesday for the third consecutive day due to the prevailing security situation after protests were held following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, local media reported. As many as 11 protesters were killed while several others were injured in Karachi during the protest held outside the US Consulate after Khamenei’s death.Barriers have been placed at the railway crossing at Mai Kolachi…
Islamabad, Feb 23 (IANS) At least three Federal Constabulary (FC) men were killed when an ambulance carrying injured personnel came under attack in the Badrakhail area of Karak in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported citing regional police authorities. The personnel were injured in a quadcopter attack on an FC post in the Dargah Shaheedan area this morning and were being transported to a hospital for treatment when the attack took place, the District Police Officer (DPO) …
Islamabad, Feb 21 (IANS) Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi’s position “was at risk”, describing his recently announced ‘Release Imran Khan Force’ as “unconstitutional and illegal”, local media reported.”The KP chief minister announced the release force to save his job. Except for the federal government, no one has the right to create any force,” leading Pakistani media outlet Geo News quoted Asif as saying.The Defence Mi…