Thar coal project being neglected by caretaker govt: ex-minister
- 25-Sep-2023
KARACHI: Former Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Shaikh slammed the caretaker government for allegedly neglecting the Thar coal project, ARY News reported on Monday. Imtiaz Shaikh told the media that Thar coal is the energy lifeline of Pakistan and the caretaker government is neglecting it. He added that the companies including Sindh Engro Coal Minister Company […]
Former energy minister blasts ‘expensive energy’ to Sindh
- 23-Sep-2023
KARACHI: Former energy minister Imtiaz Shaikh has said Sindh providing cheaper electricity to centre but it supplies expensive energy to the people of the province, ARY News reported on Saturday. Former energy minister commenting on hike in power tariff said that the electricity price has now become unbearable and made life of the people miserable. […]
Imtiaz Shaikh urges Centre to resolve ‘gas, electricity’ issues
- 26-Nov-2022
KARACHI: Provincial Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh has asserted that injustices were being committed with Sindh in the distribution of gas and electricity and urged the federal government to resolve the issues, ARY News reported on Saturday. According to details, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh has penned down a letter to Musadik Masood Malik – State Minister […]
Drought fears: Govt trying early dewatering, says Imtiaz Shaikh
- 13-Sep-2022
KARACHI: Provincial minister Imtiaz Shaikh has expressed apprehension of drought in Sindh, ARY News reported on Tuesday. “Not a single town has been saved from floodwater, all villages have been destroyed,” Sindh’s Minister for Energy talking to media here said. “The government is trying for an early dewatering of the submerged area to prepare the […]
Prolonged loadshedding: Sindh minister hints at nationalising K-Electric
- 29-Jun-2022
KARACHI: Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Shaikh has hinted at nationalising the sole power provider in Karachi, K-Electric, saying that the provincial government took notice of the prolonging loadshedding, ARY News reported on Wednesday. Imtiaz Shaikh said in a media briefing today that the Sindh government has ordered the K-Electric management to provide the loadshedding schedule. […]
K-Electric monopoly goes by next year, says Imtiaz Shaikh
- 09-Jun-2022
KARACHI: Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh on Thursday said that the K-Electric’s monopoly will 100 percent end by the next year, ARY News reported. Another electric company could surface after the K-Electric the next year, the provincial minister stated. Imtiaz Shaikh said that a British firm was intending to install a power plant in […]
Sindh govt has rejected CCI decisions, says energy minister
- 06-Sep-2021
KARACHI: Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Shaikh said on Monday that the Sindh government has rejected the decision taken by the Council of Common Interest (CCI), ARY News reported. Imtiaz Shaikh said in a statement that the provincial government rejected the CCI decisions. He said that Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah presented the stance of the […]
200 more buildings to be shifted to solar energy: Sindh minister
- 17-Jun-2021
Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh announced to shift of 200 more government buildings to solar energy after inspecting the solarisation work at JPMC hospital.
Sindh launches waste-to-energy project in Karachi: Imtiaz Shaikh
- 11-Feb-2021
"Four power plants, each of 50 megawatts, will be installed in the city for power generation," the minister said.
Sindh’s plan to provide solar power supply to 0.2mn houses nears completion
- 28-Jan-2021
The project has entered its final phase after an agreement with the suppliers and would cover 10 districts of the province.