Syed Akhtar Ali

December 17, 2018

Public hearing due: Gas companies seek price revision as losses increase

ISLAMABAD: Advertisements for public hearing to determine gas prices for financial year 2018-19 for the two networks of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern […]
December 10, 2018

Refineries not great investments country can strive for

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has made his economic ideology very clear in a recent interview on a television network.
December 3, 2018

Govt should take more steps to reduce cost of power production

ISLAMABAD: In the last two weeks, two important developments have taken place in the power sector – reduction in the rate of return for new electricity […]
November 26, 2018

Government needs to adopt monthly gas tariff system

ISLAMABAD: The energy sector is embroiled in contradictory systems and approaches. For example, the pricing of petroleum products is done monthly and costs are passed on monthly. For […]
November 19, 2018

LNG appears to be more reliable and predictable option

ISLAMABAD: The liquefied natural gas (LNG) controversy has been always there and has emerged again.
November 12, 2018

Time may have come to make diesel cheaper than gasoline

ISLAMABAD: Petroleum Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan, in his first meeting with his ministry officials, said something very seminal about the current petroleum pricing policy.
November 5, 2018

Smart meters – project needs redesign and cost-effectiveness

ISLAMABAD: After a lapse of a number of years, the smart meters’ project has emerged again without any required adjustment of the stakeholders.
October 29, 2018

Circular debt – solution lies in removing cost-tariff deficit

ISLAMABAD: The circular debt has reached Rs1,160 billion and is expected to grow further if nothing is done to control it.
October 15, 2018

Improved CPEC design is in interest of all

ISLAMABAD: There is a hue and cry in Pakistan that it is going to default on payments which can cause great chaos in the country and […]