Results for “Wapda” (5)

1 week ago

Govt Plans Technical Audit of Power Distribution Firms

The government has decided to conduct a comprehensive technical audit of former Wapda distribution companies to assess power theft and distribution losses. The audit will examine their scale, causes and geographical concentration. Authorities will soon invite qualified experts, while work on advanced metering infrastructure will be accelerated to improve monitoring and protect consumers from potential overbilling. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Business

3 years ago

WAPDA finalises plan to add 10,000 MW hydel electricity

Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) will add as much as 10,000 MW of low-cost, green and clean hydel electricity to enhance the power generation capacity of the country by 2030. Consequently, the hydel generation would become double to about 20,000 MW from 9,500 MW. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in Uncategorized

4 years ago

Former Wapda chairman appears before NAB

Lahore: On Monday, Former Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Muzammil Hussain appeared before the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) office. As per reports, Hussain was interrogated about corruption worth Rs753 million in the Tarbela Fourth Hydropower project. “All allegations leveled against me are false,” Hussain said while speaking to journalists. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in Uncategorized

4 years ago

Nepra approves charges of extra Rs3.99 per unit

It emerged that the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) allowed ex-Wapda distribution companies (Discos) to charge their consumers an additional fuel cost of Rs3.99 per unit as fuel charges adjustment for April. According to a Nepra notification, Discos had charged consumers a reference fuel tariff of Rs6.61 per unit in April, but the actual fuel cost turned out to be Rs10.6 per unit, a difference of Rs3.99. Read More…

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Sanniah Hassan Posted in Politics

5 years ago

Wapda chairman calls on Chinese Ambassador

Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) Chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (Retd) met the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong to discuss the progress in the investigations of the Dasu incident. They also discussed the resumption of construction work and the security of the Chinese working in Pakistan. The Wapda chairman said, “We are taking all necessary measures to ensure foolproof security of the Chinese nationals working on the Wapda projects.” Read More…

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