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Pakistan: Huge increase in power tariff to meet IMF demand
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to the proposal, the government recommended an increase of PKR 3 per unit for the non-protected residential consumers using 1 to 100 units which will take the current per unit cost from PKR 13.48/unit to 16.48/unit. Similarly, for the residential consumers using above 700 units, th
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Bihar: No hike in electricity bill, CM Nitish Kumar announces subsidy of R
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
"Our cabinet has decided that we will not allow the electricity tariff to increase for the people of Bihar and the tariffs will remain the same as it was last year. For that, we have increased the subsidy from Rs 8,895 crores to Rs 13,114 crores."
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Pakistan's budget deficit projections revised to history's highest at Rs 6
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The federal government will book the highest-ever budget deficit despite putting an extra burden of Rs 735 billion on citizens till the end of June on account of higher gas and electricity tariffs and additional taxes.
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IMF rejects Pakistan's circular debt management plan, calls for increase i
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The IMF has called the revised CDMP "unrealistic", which is made on the basis of certain wrong assumptions.
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Farmers protesting in Islamabad threaten shutdown in Pakistan if demands n
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 2 (ANI): Pakistan's Kissan Ittehad has threatened the Shehbaz Sharif government with a nationwide shutdown if the demands of the farmers protesting in Islamabad are not fulfilled by Monday.
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Pakistan: Farmers protesting in Islamabad for power tariff reduction threa
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 1 (ANI): Farmers protesting in Islamabad for electricity tariff reduction and other economic issues have threatened to march to D-Chowk if their demands are not met, and the Pakistan government has failed to persuade them to call off the protest, local media rep
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Pakistan: Thousands of farmers hold protests in Islamabad amid economic ha
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 29 (ANI): Thousands of farmers from Punjab flocked to Islamabad to stage a protest demanding reduction in electricity tariffs and resolution of other economic issues they are facing pertaining to agriculture.
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Monks, priests, nuns protest in Sri Lanka over rising electricity prices
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 21 (ANI): A group of monks, priests and nuns has protested in Colombo against the increased electricity tariff amid the financial crisis that has gripped the island nation.
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Pakistan power authority NEPRA to raise electricity tariffs again
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Pakistan's National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has issued a decision to increase the basic electricity tariff once again after it raised the basic electricity tariff by Rs 7.9 per unit last week.
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Pakistan hikes electricity tariff by PKR 7.91 per unit
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): Amid the rising inflation in the county, the Pakistani government has once again raised the electricity price in the country by PKR 7.91 per unit under "uniform national tariff".
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Maryam Nawaz lashes out at ex-generals, says were 'not loyal to their inst
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Thursday lashed out at the ex-generals of the Pakistani armed forces and said that they were "not loyal to their institution."
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Protests continue in Pakistan over fuel prices hike
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 5 (ANI): After Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led government again increased the prices of petrol in Pakistan, the political party, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) staged a protest across Karachi.
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