Gas prices lowered for domestic consumers
KARACHI: The gas prices have been slashed specially for small and domestic consumers, Geo news reported.
According to details, there were previously seven slabs – the categories of gas consumers as per prices, which have been revised to only four slabs now.
The gas prices have been lowered by Rs.4 to Rs.5 for first and second slabs of consumers – the small consumers of gas, while the bill of third and fourth slabs of consumers have been increased to Rs.800 from Rs.498 and to Rs.1006 from Rs.806 respectively.
Federal Minister for Petroleum Naveed Qamar has issued notification of billing system for gas consumers on Thursday, which will be applicable with effect from July 10, 2010.
According to him, the reduction in prices of gas slabs is aimed at relieving small and domestic gas consumers.
According to notification, Rs.5 per unit have been slashed for domestic consumers within consumption of 100 units, it means their gas bill will be lowered from Rs. 99 to Rs.95.
Those domestic consumers who consume 300 units will get Rs.190 bill while as much as 60 percent increase has been added to the bill on consumption from 301 to 500 units.
Likewise, on consumption of more than 501 units, the consumers will receive Rs.1006 bill, which would previously be Rs.860.
Power tariff hiked by 7.6%/unit w.e.f July 1st
ISLAMABAD: Complying with deal inked with IMF, the government has yet another time inflated electricity tariff by 7.6 percent per unit to be effective from July 1, Geo news reported Wednesday.
According to the notification issued by Ministry for Water and Electricity, the new electricity price will be effective from July 1, 2010.
This inflation is apart from increase in electricity prices due to shuffle in prices of petroleum products by NEPRA.
The notification stated that this fresh augment was in compliance with NEPRA act, which will be applicable upon eight electricity distribution companies working in Pakistan besides, the consumers of KESC.
The government was bound to make this increment from April 1st; however, declination in electricity production and unabated power outages forced government to put off decision for two months.
Power tariff hiked for Karachiites
KARACHI: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has given a go ahead to Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) to increase power tariff by Rs5.22 per unit.
According to a notification issued by NEPRA, the tariff hike is a result of a fuel adjustment and will be collected for nine months – June 2009 to March 2010.
The collection for the above adjustment will be made in 7 equal installments.
According to details six paisa per unit will be received from the consumers in June bills, in July 22 paisa per unit, in August 26 paisa per unit, in September 53 paisa per unit, in Oct. 70 paisa per unit, in Nov. 79 paisa per unit and in Dec 1.57 paisa per unit fuel adjustment charge will be received.
The increased rates will not be implemented over the lifeline consumers.
Nepra hikes power tariffs by 20 paisa per unit
ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) sanctioned to the power distributing companies to raise the power tariffs by 77 percent under fuel adjustment, Geo News reported Saturday.
The Nepra has issued a notification in this regard. According to the Nepra notification, the power consumers will have to bear 20-percent raise in the power tariffs to be in force from April 2010.
According to the notification, a 57-paisa hike was approved in March 2010 under fuel adjustment; but under new adjustment, 77-paisa raise has been approved for April 2010. Thus, consumers will have to pay additional 20 paisa per unit in April’s power bills as compared to March.
The hike will be applicable to all sorts of consumers. However, the consumers using electricity upto 100 units would not be burdened with this additional billing.
The Nepra said the new bills would have the ‘additional adjustment’ written quite conspicuously and separately.
According to the Nepra notification, the raise will be applicable to the consumers utilizing over 100 units per month.
Ejaz denies link with washing of BB murder scene
ISLAMABAD: Former Military Intelligence (MI) chief Maj. Gen. Nadeem Ejaz who appeared before the fact finding commission Friday stated that he or MI has nothing to do with the hosing down of Benazir assassination site.
Meanwhile, according to former police chief Saud Aziz ordered washing of the murder scene after collecting all the evidence in view of, what he said, deteriorating law and order situation.
Sources told Geo News that the fact finding commission met here today under the chairmanship of Secretary Cabinet Division Abdul Rauf Chaudhry.
Appearing for the first time before the commission, Maj. Gen. Nadeem Ejaz gave answers to several questions to the satisfaction of the commission. The former MI chief travelled from Gujranwala to Islamabad where he was questioned for one hour, sources said.
He categorically stated that he, his department or any of his colleagues had no relation whatsoever with the hosing down of Ms Bhutto’s murder scene.
CCPO Saud Aziz, who appeared for second time before the commission, said in his written statement that he received no order from head of any other department to have the murder spot washed. “Had I received any such order I would have been bound to inform about it to the head of my department, IG Punjab, and sought instructions … but no such thing happened,” he continued.
Saud Aziz clearly said in his statement that it was his own decision to have the place washed off after retrieving the evidence, keeping in view the law and order situation at that time.
He also presented to the commission past record of the incidents of terrorism in the country in which crime scenes ware hosed down.
SP Khurram Shahzad and two administrative officers also appeared before the fact finding commission.
NEPRA slashes power tariff by 57 paisas/unit
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has reduced the power tariff by 57 paisas per unit for the month of March, Geo News reported Friday.
The cut in the electricity price has been made in the wake of lower production cost, the NEPRA announced.
According to NEPRA, the consumers would get the relief in the next electricity bill.
In addition, the electricity regulatory authority directed the power distribution companies to mention the difference in the next bill.
It may be reminded that the NEPRA had increased the power tariff by Rs1.2 in February.
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