Syed Akhtar Ali

August 12, 2022

Analysing petrol prices

The highly volatile rupee-dollar exchange rate makes petrol prices’ analysis or comparisons quite difficult. The government recently reduced petrol prices by Rs3.05, bringing the new petrol […]
August 8, 2022

Petroleum prices: an analysis

From August 1, the GoP (government of Pakistan) has reduced gasoline’s price by Rs 3.05 to Rs 227.19/litre. However, diesel’s price been increased by Rs 8.95/litre […]
August 8, 2022

Future of hydroelectric power

Emergence of cheaper sources like solar and wind has diluted hydro’s attractiveness ISLAMABAD: COP27 has ended in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. It has reaffirmed its commitment to […]
August 1, 2022

Making good use of Thar coal

Billions of dollars can be saved if power plants shift from imported to local coal ISLAMABAD: International fuel prices have gone up several times, be it […]
July 30, 2022

Local but complicated

International fuel prices have been increasing consistently for the last few months. The prices of imported coal have increased three times their original prices – from […]
July 27, 2022

Will low oil prices sustain?

New price of gasoline is 230.24 Rs/liter (7.44% decrease) and diesel’s is 236 Rs/L (14.66% decrease). Gasoline’s price has been reduced by 18.5 Rs/L and HSD’s […]
July 18, 2022

Whopping circular debt: why and how

Debt flow may be reduced, but it cannot be wiped away soon ISLAMABAD: At present, circular debt of the power sector stands at around Rs2.46 trillion. […]
July 16, 2022

A recurring winter’s tale

Electricity supply issues among rising local energy costs – both at producers and consumers’ ends – combined with power plant defects, high fuel cost, supply issues, […]
July 13, 2022

Oil price rise

There are two recent and important developments that are worth discussion. Firstly, petrol prices were increased on 1st July once again — the 4th rise in […]