Syed Akhtar Ali

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 […]
October 1, 2018

T&D losses can be cut to half

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is going down under all kinds of losses and leakages. It is high time that something is done to control the situation.
September 17, 2018

High gas prices hurt nobody except the very poor

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has again delayed decision on a proposed increase in gas prices which has both political and economic consequences.
September 3, 2018

Capacity cost of power plants feared to rise further

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority’s (Nepra) report for the year 2017 is out. Its State of Industry Report is one of the most authoritative […]
August 20, 2018

Let’s have Bhasha dam surcharge to fund construction work

ISLAMABAD: A 10-paisa Neelum-Jhelum surcharge was imposed on electricity bills which brought Rs50-65 billion for the government in a span of eight years. I wonder why […]