Syed Akhtar Ali

July 15, 2020

Complexities of electricity markets

Month of June has passed in controversy, oil shortages and black marketing in the wake of a drastic cut in petroleum prices announced by the government. […]
July 12, 2020

Cross-subsidies in consumer energy tariff

ISLAMABAD: In Pakistan, we have an entrenched cross-subsidy system, implemented through a cascaded tariff. It operates both in electricity and gas tariffs. There are on average […]
July 11, 2020

Dealing with the KE muddle

The writer is a former member of the Energy Planning Commission and author of ‘Pakistan’s Energy Issues: Success and Challenges’. Karachi is passing through one of […]
July 5, 2020

Towards a competitive oil market

ISLAMABAD: The fresh revision in petroleum product prices has created quite a stir. An increase of 34% in one go is unbearable for the people in […]
July 4, 2020

Deregulating oil or price ceiling?

The writer is a former member of the Energy Planning Commission and author of ‘Pakistan’s Energy Issues: Success and Challenges’. New and higher oil prices have […]
July 1, 2020

Deregulating oil or price ceiling?

ARTICLE: New and higher oil prices have been announced after fixing very low prices on 1st June. June prices were extraordinarily low in the company of […]
June 15, 2020

From deficit crisis to surplus crisis

ISLAMABAD: We are interesting people and an interesting country. Only a few years ago, there was power deficit and now we have so much surplus that […]
June 14, 2020

Sugar Commission Report: What to do?

ARTICLE: Sugar Commission Report (SCR) has implicated the sugar industry of what in many civilized countries would be considered a crime worthy of severe penalties and […]
May 31, 2020

Sugar commission report – what to do?

ISLAMABAD: The sugar commission report has implicated Pakistan’s sugar industry in what in many civilised countries would be considered a crime worthy of severe penalties and […]