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July 13, 2021 ISLAMABAD: In response to the allegations put forward by Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Monday appealed to the chief justice of Pakistan to let the media carry out live broadcasts of high-profile cases, while the PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal also supported his demand. Fawad, in a press conference alongside Energy Minister Hammad Azhar and Advisor to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar, slammed the opposition, while specificall...

July 13, 2021 ISLAMABAD: In response to the allegations put forward by Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Monday appealed to the chief justice of Pakistan to let the media carry out live broadcasts of high-profile cases, while the PMLN leader Ahsan Iqbal also supported his demand. Fawad, in a press conference alongside Energy Minister Hammad Azhar and Advisor to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar, slammed the opposition, while specifically ...

LAHORE’S residents have been suffering for the past several days from intermittent power outages lasting for two to six hours a day amid soaring temperatures. Apparently, the blackouts are not being caused by the supply gaps but a faulty transmission system of the National Transmission and Despatch Company. According to Lesco, the power utility that sells electricity in Punjab’s capital as well as its adjoining districts, the problem originates primarily from the NTDC’s two overloaded gri...

LAHORE: The National Trans­mis­sion and Despatch Company (NTDC) has said that it will complete the laying of 500kV High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission line from Torkham border to Nowshera by December 2022, as well as construction of a convertor station. The line is meant to receive 1,000 megawatts from Kyrgyzstan in direct current (DC), convert it at the convertor station in Nowshera (Azakhel Bala) and add it to the national grid to meet the summer demand of Pakistan under the Ce...

With the scorching sun and severe heatwave persisting on Thursday, the people continued to bear the terrible impact of the worst power loadshedding in Lahore and adjoining districts in years. — AFP/File LAHORE: With the scorching sun and severe heatwave persisting on Thursday, the people continued to bear the terrible impact of the worst power loadshedding in Lahore and adjoining districts in years. Even the light rain in some areas of the city could not bring about any relief in hot weather ...

NTDC begins construction of 75km long double transmission line July 8, 2021 LAHORE: National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has started construction of 75-km long 500 kV double circuit transmission line for transmission of power from 870 MW Sukki Kinari hydropower project. The project is funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB) with estimated cost of Rs79,930 million under PSDP. The transmission line is expected to be completed by April 2023.

NTDC starts work on transmission line for Suki Kinari project Will connect transmission with 500 kV Neelum-Jhelum transmission line PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has started construction of 75-kilometer-long 500 kV double circuit transmission line for evacuation of power from 870MW Suki Kinari Hydropower Project. The transmission will be connected with 500 kV Neelum-Jhelum transmission line. NTDC has completed basic works like survey and soil i...

The analysis of the hydropower projects listed in the IGCEP 2021-30 shows that the plan overlooks and hides various technical problems, expected cost overruns, and the social and environmental damages likely to occur. — AFP/File The National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) recently submitted the revised Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP) for the regulator’s approval. Alongside other revisions, it indicates an increase in the planned hydropower share to more than ...

“We witnessed forced outages at least 5 to 6 times on Friday,” said one resident. ─ Dawn/File LAHORE: The intensity of unannounced loadshedding for hours in addition to time-to-time tripping and fluctuation or the power failures due to other technical faults continued on Friday as the people in Lahore and other parts of the country passed another day in tough situation. “We witnessed forced outages at least 5 to 6 times on Friday. In addition to this, we are also witnessing tripping, p...

Daily Times June 30, 2021 The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday observed that in-efficient power plants were run as compared to efficient power plants during May. Nepra Chairman Tauseef H Farooqi said this while concluding a public hearing into monthly fuel cost adjustment (FCA) for May. The chairman also expressed dismay over National Transmission & Despatch Company’s (NTDC) in-efficiency in the transmission system. Member Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Engineer Masood Anwa...