During the strike, all the businesses remained closed and traffic crawled near Mangla Dam, one of the largest multipurpose water bodies used for irrigation and hydroelectric power in the country.
Following a significant increase in gas prices by the federal government, there is another news for gas consumers to feel bad about, that is alongside the new price, the consumers will have to pay gas tariff hike from the last four months (July till October), ARY News reported.
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee staged a protest in Guwahati against the hike in power tariffs and burnt the notice copy of the hike in electricity bill on Thursday.
Pakistan’s National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), held a public hearing on the request of the central power purchasing agency (CPPA) for recovering an additional PKR 28.3bn or PKR 1.83 per unit fuel cost adjustment in Discos’ tariffs for electricity consumed in August, noted t
Pakistan’s National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has proposed the government to increase the electricity tariff by PKR 3.28 per unit on account of quarterly adjustment, ARY News reported on Friday, ARY News reported.
As the protests over inflated electricity bills in Pakistan continue, the Karachi chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, called for a citywide shutdown on Tuesday to protest against rising inflation and power tariff, ARY News reported.
Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of PoK, united in their condemnation of what they perceive as highly inflated electricity bills that are putting undue financial strain on their households.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday slammed the Centre over its decision to reduce customs duty on apples imported from the US, saying it will make import of American apples easier and the move has come at a time when apple growers were facing problems
Political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir including former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have registered a strong protest against the central government’s decision to reduce the tariff on apples imported from the United States
Himachal Pradesh Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led state government and has said that by increasing the electricity tariff by one and a half times, the state government is trying to ruin the industries running in the st