{"id":61771,"date":"2020-02-22T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T05:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61771"},"modified":"2020-02-21T17:08:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T12:08:03","slug":"no-increase-in-gas-power-tariffs-sapm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/no-increase-in-gas-power-tariffs-sapm.html","title":{"rendered":"No increase in gas, power tariffs: SAPM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamabad: The federal cabinet has decided against approving an increase in power and gas tariffs for domestic and industrial consumers in the country, according to news sources. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information and Broadcasting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/usd-10-bn-investment-expected-housing-sector-firdous.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan (opens in a new tab)\">Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan<\/a> made this announcement during a media briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-seeks-reduction-gas-power-tariffs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PM seeks reduction in gas, power tariffs (opens in a new tab)\">PM seeks reduction in gas, power tariffs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To this effect, she stated that\nthe provision of maximum relief and facilities to the public was the top\npriority of the government. She added that a comprehensive framework was also\nbeing formulated to provide relief to the masses \u2013 with special focus on the\ncountry\u2019s low-income groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAPM further stated that Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan had issued directives to maintain electricity tariffs, and sought further suggestions on this front from the ministries concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-russia-hold-talks-gas-pipeline-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pakistan, Russia to hold talks on gas pipeline project (opens in a new tab)\">Pakistan, Russia to hold talks on gas pipeline project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover,\nshe said that a stock of 2.8 million tons of wheat was available in the market.\nShe stated that the cabinet had issued directives to the Managing Director (MD) Utility Stores to buy ghee and edible\noil from the tribal districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and mills of Azad\nJammu Kashmir (AJK) in a bid to reduce the prices of these commodities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The federal cabinet has decided against approving an increase in power and gas tariffs for domestic and industrial consumers in the country, according to news sources. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan made this announcement during a media briefing. Read: PM seeks reduction in gas, power tariffs To this effect, she stated that the provision of maximum relief and facilities to the public was the top priority of the government. She added that a comprehensive framework was also being formulated to provide relief to the masses \u2013 with special focus on the country\u2019s low-income groups. SAPM further stated that Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan had issued directives to maintain electricity tariffs, and sought further suggestions on this front from the ministries concerned. Read: Pakistan, Russia to hold talks on gas pipeline project Moreover, she said that a stock of 2.8 million tons of wheat was available in the market. She stated that the cabinet had issued directives to the Managing Director (MD) Utility Stores to buy ghee and edible oil from the tribal districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and mills of Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) in a bid to reduce&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":61775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[20445,20443,20446],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-61771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allied-industries","tag-dr-firdous-ashiq-awan","tag-gas-power-tariffs","tag-sapm","cat-15012-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No increase in gas, power tariffs: SAPM - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The federal cabinet has decided against approving an increase in power and gas tariffs for domestic and industrial consumers in the country\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/no-increase-in-gas-power-tariffs-sapm.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No increase in gas, power tariffs: SAPM - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The federal cabinet has decided against approving an increase in power and gas tariffs for domestic and industrial consumers in the country\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/no-increase-in-gas-power-tariffs-sapm.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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