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According to the ministry, the country`s power generation capacity increased substantially but the power system was not improved proportionately that required a massive investment for upgrade. It also reported that the transmission and distribution system was still fragile and susceptible to minor variations in frequency and unusual events.
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As such, the more electricity is produced, transmitted and consumed, the bigger becomes the size of circular debt. At 15,000MW power generation, the circular debt was building at the rate of about Rs120 billion, while it is now set to grow to Rs360bn as generation gets closer to 21,000MW.
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It was reported that compared to 18,753MW in 2013, the current available generation capacity currently stood at 28,704MW. However, due to weather conditions and the resultant reduced water supply, hydel generation in May this year remained at 3,090MW, compared to 6,333Mw in 2015.
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Sunday, June 10, 2018
PM orders cut in power sector losses
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Killing more than two birds with one stone...
PPP is not a party of amateurs, we must not think tht it was just a mistake.
keeping in mind the past of PPP and zardari, makes me beleive that zardari had a plan... see the following:
DAWN.COM | Front Page | Attorney general holds good meeting with CJ"Referring to the extraordinary step of constituting the three-judge bench in such an unusual manner, the expert suggested that the step was needed because if the notifications had not been suspended and the two judges had refused to take oath in accordance with them they would have been deemed to have retired as enunciated in the 1996 Al Jihad Trust case."
perfect plan... both the judges are not useful for us (they r from CJ group)... we need some 'better' guys here in judiciary... we know tht they'll refuse... and they dont know tht we have more than two ppl ready to replace them :)
taking benefit of the situation, raja of lahore mr. salman taseer rejected the recommendations sent to him by CJ LHC :) tht's why i call it "killing more than two birds with one stone"
wanna learn politics? join PPP... PPP rocks
bechara gilani ab phir maamla suljhanay mein ulajh jaye ga...
Monday, July 14, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Can PML-N rise to daunting economic challenges?
THE PML-N has accepted a daunting challenge by taking up federal ministries of finance, commerce, food and agriculture, and petroleum, which require men with nerves of steel under the current economic situation in the country.Can PML-N rise to daunting economic challenges? | Overseas Pakistani FriendsThe economy, which was manageable a year ago, is in a shambles. Steering the economy out of the present mess is a Herculean task. On the macro-economic front, foreign exchange reserves are depleting. The rupee is under pressure. Local industries are fighting to stay afloat. Bank interest rates are high. Exports are declining and imports have gone out of control.
At the micro level, inflation, particularly of food, is very high; agriculture production is stagnant and the uninterrupted availability of wheat is under question. Water is short and hurting inter-provincial harmony. Power shortage will persist for a while. The gas supply will remain short, particularly during winter. Housing shortage is acute. The gap between the poor and the rich is widening.
It was under the circumstances that the PML-N, under a package deal, had to accept most economic related ministries. On the surface, the task looks impossible, particularly in the present situation when the general public is impatient. The masses have been exploited by the past rulers who had asked them to bear the pains of their so-called reforms on promises of good days ahead.
Economists, however, point out that there is a way out of the present situation. They say the government will have to regain its grip on public institutions and then ensure that they are operated transparently and fairly.
The PML-N leadership has accepted a huge challenge. The Punjab government, they added, will have to procure enough wheat this year to ensure the food security of not only the province but the whole country.
They said the federal ministry of food and agriculture and the Punjab had provided food security to the country in the past through joint efforts. An increase of the wheat support price to Rs 630 per maund has provided the impetus needed to officially procure a large quantity of wheat. The Punjab government will have to ensure that wheat does not land in the hands of hoarders this year.
Experts warned that though the new government would assume power when wheat was at the harvesting stage and it had not any responsibility for the crop size, however, the Punjab government and the PML-N would have to share the blame if any wheat crisis occurred this year.
They said Ishaq Dar had the experience of running both finance and commerce ministries in the past.
They said he had handled the ministries prudently in more testing times when the developed world slapped sanctions on Pakistan in the wake of nuclear tests in 1998.
They hoped he would take austerity measures to cut non-development expenditures. The prime minister, they added, has also announced austerity measures which might not greatly impact the deficit but their symbolic effect would be immense.
They said the tax to GDP ratio, which was 13.5 per cent when Ishaq Dar had left the government on October 12, 1999, was reduced to 9.9 per cent of GDP. They said Dar would like the tax to GDP rate to revert to its 1999 level and beyond. This measure alone will add Rs 350 billion to the revenue. The new finance minister is well aware of the nitty-gritty of imports and will take measures to eliminate under-invoicing which is damaging the local industry.
The economists said if the PML-N delivered on the economic front, benefits of the success would be equally shared by its coalition partner - the PPP. However, if it failed to improve the economy and the lot of the common man, only the PML-N will be held responsible for it. The survival of the PML-N, they added, lies in ensuring that it delivers on the economic front.
Courtesy: The News, 30/3/2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Bush, a man of his words
Bush said he'll throw pakistan to the stone age if it did not support US against the war on (US defined) terrorism... mush got threatened and complied to the US terms... despite the fact tht pakistan fought america's war, pakistan is being pushed to the stone age (through a different procedure) ... the '‘lantern era' is returning... see following pics (taken from various issues of Dawn), NO gas, NO electricity, NO fuel, NO flour... a modern/moderate country n developing economy :)
a few sources abt bush's threat are given as well...
Source: lewrockwell.com
During last week’s US media blitz to promote his new book, Musharraf claimed soon after 9/11, US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage warned Lt. Gen. Mahmud Ahmed, head of ISI, Pakistan’s intelligence service, the US would “bomb Pakistan back to the Stone Age” if it did not immediately turn against its Afghan ally, Taliban, and allow the US to use military bases in Pakistan to invade Afghanistan.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
The Bush administration threatened to bomb Pakistan "back to the stone age" after the September 11 attacks if the country did not cooperate with America's war on Afghanistan, it emerged yesterday.
Source: TimesOnline PERVEZ MUSHARRAF, the President of Pakistan, claimed last night that the Bush Administration threatened to bomb his country “into the Stone Age” if it did not co-operate with the US after 9/11, sharply increasing tensions between the US and one of its closest allies in the war on terrorism.The President, who will meet Mr Bush in the White House today, said the threat was made by Richard Armitage, then the Deputy Secretary of State, in the days after the terror attacks, and was issued to the Pakistani intelligence director.
PESHAWAR - Jan 05: Activists of a political party at a demonstration held on Saturday against loadshedding and flour shortage.—Abdul Majeed Goraya
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NO GAS FOR THE ‘POWERLESS’ 
LAHORE - Jan 05: A CNG station near Scheme Morr, on Multan Road. — Dawn 
LAHORE - Jan 06: The revival of ‘lantern era’. — APP
LAHORE - Jan 05: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf activists protest against loadshedding and price hike.—Dawn ALI SHER (Afghanistan) - Jan 07: A Pakistani refugee carries a sack of foodstuff distributed by the Afghan Red Crescent Society. Afghan officials claimed on Monday about 900 Pakistani families had sought refuge across the border during the past two weeks.—AP
LAHORE - Jan 04: Gujjarpura residents protest against gas suspension. — Dawn See mush, this had to be done anyways... so u could have selected the path of dignity and could have avoided the embarrassment u face these days when america says they gave $ 10 billion to pakistan but pakistan didn't do enough... come on mush dont keep claimin tht pakistan has developed in these years... dear the situation has worsened really... now even a controlled state of afghanistan has the courage to close borders with pakistan whenever they wish :) pakistanis now take refuge in afganistan... is this the dignity u earned for pakistan in ur regime... if yes then u must b sent for a checkup...
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