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The Commercialisation Of Cricket: How Television Hype Is Impacting The Game And Society

27.02.2025 5

The Friday Times

Dr Shahid Rahim

Alleviating Pakistan’s Energy Poverty

08.02.2025 10

The Friday Times

Dr Shahid Rahim

Electricity Tariffs In Pakistan: An Unsolvable Puzzle

01.02.2025 3

The Friday Times

Dr Shahid Rahim

Fueling Pakistan’s “Uraan”

11.01.2025 20

The Friday Times

Dr Shahid Rahim

Pakistan's Power Sector Crisis

Among the major evils that plague Pakistan, the circular debt of its power sector clearly stands out. It has reached Rs 2.39 trillion and shows no...

05.01.2025 6

The Friday Times

Dr Shahid Rahim

Privatisation Of Power Distribution Companies: Pakistan Must Tread Carefully

Distribution companies (DISCOs) are the face of the electric utility industry and its cash cows.  Any lapse in their performance has a ripple...

20.12.2024 3

The Friday Times

Dr Shahid Rahim

A Fair Deal For Distributed Solar: Moving Beyond Rhetoric

In a recent article, this writer had pointed out that distributed solar, mostly photovoltaics (PV), were sweeping the world and Pakistan should...

24.08.2024 4

The Friday Times

Dr Shahid Rahim

Giving A Fair Deal To Distributed Solar In Pakistan

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif recently warned that if the gross inefficiency and corruption in the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) and the power...

18.08.2024 3

The Friday Times

Dr Shahid Rahim

A New Fix For Electricity Consumers In Pakistan

The government in Pakistan is all set for another misadventure in the power sector. Not only has it raised the basic tariff substantially for...

19.07.2024 1

The Friday Times

Dr Shahid Rahim