Syed Akhtar Ali

October 15, 2020

WACOG: A solution? — II

All parties have their own arguments. Other free riders are emerging in the form of market supporters. They argue that they can import cheap LNG and […]
October 8, 2020

WACOG: A solution? — I

Local gas resources are dwindling and gas demand is increasing continuously creating need for expensive imported LNG. Currently, there is a dual-separate pricing system for local […]
October 5, 2020

Undertaking power sector reforms

ISLAMABAD: The government has taken two major steps with remarkable degree of success – report on independent power producers (IPPs) and the follow-up agreement which will […]
October 1, 2020

Ending monopolies

Karachi is suffering under double load-shedding-Electricity and Gas. Both companies are blaming each other. Karachi, being on the coast, should not have had gas problems, but […]
September 7, 2020

Pepco revival: more to be done

The Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) has been revised under a legal arrangement of being a “Managing Agent”. The role of Pepco, briefly speaking, is to […]
August 27, 2020

Pepco’s revival

ARTICLE: Pepco (Pakistan Electric Power Company) has been revived under a legal arrangement of being a “Managing Agent”. The role of Pepco, briefly speaking, is to […]
August 20, 2020

Govt-IPPs agreement

ARTICLE: IPP issue has been dangling for a long time now. Negotiations were going on for the last few months after the famous IPP Report which […]
August 19, 2020

Dissecting the IPP agreement

The writer is a former member of the Energy Planning Commission and author of ‘Pakistan’s Energy Issues: Success and Challenges’. Recently an agreement has been signed […]
July 20, 2020

Solution to Karachi’s electricity problem

ARTICLE: Sugar, cement and flour scandals have shaken the confidence of people in markets. Regulations and government controls have not delivered either. In Karachi, people are […]