Water And Power Development Authority

Type: Company

Name: Water And Power Development Authority

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization

Detained by Interpol: Pak fugitive in Bosnia gets British help

ISLAMABAD:The British embassy in Bosnia is said to be providing legal help to an influential Pakistani fugitive wanted by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), to wriggle him out of his current trouble.Corruption suspect and former chairman of Water ... [Published The Express Tribune - 15 hours ago]

Entities: INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organiza..., Fugitive, United Kingdom, Deportation, Corruption

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Revival: New govt ready to fix economy, says Nawaz

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has said that his government will make all out efforts to revamp the economy, overcome the energy crisis on priority basis, and create special boards to revive public corporations like ... [Published The Express Tribune - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Pakistan Muslim League (N), Water And Power Development Authority, Pakistan Railways, Pakistan International Airlines

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Ex-PM Ashraf used threats to secure funds, SC told

ISLAMABAD — Former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf had threatened in order to get funds released for several projects towards closing stages of his rule, a top government official informed the Supreme Court here.The Accountant General of Pakistan in a statement ... [Published Khaleej Times - May 22 2013]

Entities: Accountant, Threat, Water And Power Development Authority, Sui Southern Gas Company Limited

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Water And Power Development Authority

WAPDA working on over 20 water sector projects

ISLAMABAD, May 22 (APP): The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) is working on more than 20 projects in water sector with cumulative water storage capacity of about 13 million acre feet (MAF) and power generation of more than 21,000 mega watt ... [Published Associated Press of Pakistan - May 22 2013]

Entities: Water Resources, Water And Power Development Authority, Jhelum (Pakistan)

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Protests against electricity loadshedding

Residents of different localities of Rawalpindi staged protest demonstrations against prolonged power outages in their areas on Tuesday.The angry protesters burnt tyres and blocked Adiala Road and Dhoke Syedan Road for about an hour.The residents of Tariqabad ... [Published The News International - May 22 2013]

Entities: protest, Tench, Protesters, Market

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

â€˜Ex-Pak PM Ashraf used threats to secure fundsâ€™

Islamabad: A top government official today told Pakistan's Supreme Court that former premier had threatened him in order to get funds released for several projects.The Accountant General of Pakistan told a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar ... [Published zeenews.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Accountant, Iftikhar Chaudhry, Threat, Gujjar Khan, Water And Power Development Authority

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

SC orders audit of projects initiated with discretionary funds issued by Pervez Ashraf

ISLAMABAD, (SANA): The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) has ordered a special audit of the expenses incurred on development projects sanctioned by former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf using discretionary funds.A three-member bench of the apex court ... [Published South Asian News Agency - May 21 2013]

Entities: Pervez Ashraf, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Accountant, Tariq Mehmood, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Wapda officials taken hostage, released

PESHAWAR: At least 12 employees of the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) and Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) were made hostage in Sheen Sar area of Mohmand Agency when they were disconnecting power supply to the locals on Monday. ... [Published The News International - May 21 2013]

Entities: Hostage, Peshawar, Water And Power Development Authority

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

‘Funds shortage behind energy crisis’

Caretaker Federal Minister for Water and Power Dr Musadiq Malik said shortage of funds and mismanagement caused load shedding.Addressing a joint press conference with Federal Minister for Gas and Petroleum Sohail Wajahat Ali Siddiqui at Wapda House on ... [Published Pakistan Today - May 19 2013]

Entities: Crisis, Water And Power Development Authority, Petroleum, Karachi Electric Supply, Federal

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Mega industrial estate planned to woo Chinese investors

LAHORE: Punjab Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (PIEDMC) plans a mega industrial estate spread over 100,000 acres where it intends to establish a Special Export Zone to facilitate Chinese investors interested in relocating their industries ... [Published The News International - May 19 2013]

Entities: Pakistan, Water And Power Development Authority, China, Multan

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

The next graveyard of empire

Earlier this year, in the Fuel Adjustment Tariff case, the Lahore High Court (LHC) declared that electricity was part of the fundamental right to life of every person. This declaration imposes a legal obligation upon the State to ensure that this right ... [Published The Express Tribune - May 18 2013]

Entities: LESCO Inc, Pepco Holdings Inc, Power Grid, Ministry of Water

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Wapda has nothing to do with outages: spokesman

LAHORE: The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) spokesman has said the authority has no role in electricity loadshedding in the country.He made it clear that subsequent to introduction of the power sector reforms and unbundling of Wapda’s ... [Published The News International - May 18 2013]

Entities: Water And Power Development Authority, Pepco Holdings Inc, Pakistan, Operation and Maintenance, Thermal Power

Quotes

...The power sector is the major defaulter of the local oil giant with Rs 138.6 billion outstanding dues, out of Rs 146.36 billion PSO "s total liabilities against all the clients."

Government releases Rs 10 billion to PSO [Published Business Recorder - May 17 2013]

"Strong, sound, coherent and synchronised financial system is an integral component of regional economic co-operation, which would create preferences for increase in cross-border trade and investment opportunities and encourages flow of capital amongst Saarc member countries."

Morning Buzz - MR Securities [Pakistan Press International] [Published Equities.com - May 07 2013]

"IBM's solution will play a vital role in running the systems efficiently and helping to pave the way for rapid and full scale development of Pakistan's hydropower potential" TNB President Che Khalib said

IBM provides software for Pakistan's New Bong hydropower project [Published Hydro World - May 03 2013]

...concerns over increasing subsidy being given to the sector has also asked Pakistan to introduce power sector reforms in phase wise, sources added. "If Pakistan successfully could convince the IMF then there would be improvement in power situation of the country. And, cut in spiraling up load shedding duration is only possible till the time payments to fuel supplier is improved and regularised as increasing circular debt of the power sector has also contributed in worsening the power situation of the country" said a senior official of water and power ministry

IMF asks to introduce power sector reforms [Published Penn Energy - Apr 15 2013]

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The next graveyard of empire [Published The Express Tribune - May 18 2013]
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