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ISLAMABAD: The business community has voiced serious concerns over the abrupt withdrawal of a promised Rs7.41 per unit electricity relief and the prolonged outage of the 969-megawatt Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHP), warning of accelerating de-industrialisation. These grievances surfaced during a public hearing held by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), on the Central Power Purchasing Agency’s (CPPA) request for a Rs8.7bn refund — equal to 65 paise per unit — to consumers due to lower-than-expected fuel costs in June. Nepra members Amina Ahmed and Anwar Maqsood Khan presided over the session. Several industrialists, referencing a recent meeting with Field Marshal Asim Munir, lamented that the prime minister’s announcement in March of Rs7.41 per unit tariff relief was not time-bound, yet its impact had dwindled. The actual reduction now stands at just Rs1.15 per unit in base tariff terms. As a result, applicable power rates have surged from around Rs30 per unit to Rs34-35 from Jul...

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RAWALPINDI: Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir interacts with participants of the 16th National Workshop Balochistan on Wednesday.

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KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), on Wednesday, decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 11% while emphasizing the continuity of ongoing prudent stance to sustain macroeconomic stability and stabilize inflation in the target range.

ISLAMABAD - An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday adjourned hearing till October 4, against PTI leaders and workers in a case pertaining to protest of November 26.

ISLAMABAD - Senate Chairman Syed Yusaf Raza Gilani held a bilateral meeting with HE Mr Hassan Al-Ghanim, Speaker of the Shura Council of the State of Qatar, on the sidelines of the 6th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva.

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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Shamsheer and USS Fitzgerald conducted a passage exercise (PASSEX) in the North Indian Ocean, underscoring the maritime cooperation between the two navies.

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