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National February 7, 2021 PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has received an additional Rs3 billion from the federation this month in terms of net electricity profit, bringing the hydropower profit to Rs 11 billion this financial year. The provincial government will negotiate with the federation to increase the installment. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Health and Finance Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra said that efforts of the provincial government towards net electricity profit have proved fruitful an...

Pakistan launched construction work on the Torkham-to-Nowshera portion of the $1.17 billion Central Asia-South Asia Regional Trade and Transmission Project (CASA-1000) on Wednesday. - AFP/File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan launched construction work on the Torkham-to-Nowshera portion of the $1.17 billion Central Asia-South Asia Regional Trade and Transmission Project (CASA-1000) on Wednesday. A virtual launching ceremony was hosted by Dr Bandar Hajjar, president of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), a...

Country experienced a national blackout after a drop in frequency in transmission system

HYDERABAD: A worker sitting idle at a factory on Sunday before the electricity supply was restored.—Umair Ali LAHORE: Opposition parties on Sunday accused the ruling PTI of telling lies to cover up its failure in the power generation sector as a major fault in the electricity distribution system plunged the entire country into darkness a day ago. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) secretary general Ahsan Iqbal said the worst-ever power shutdown proved that the incumbent government was “in...