HAVING paid a whopping Rs2.1 trillion in subsidies and almost doubled the tariff, the PPP-led government seems no closer to easing the electricity crisis than it did in 2008 when it came to power and promised to solve the problem quickly. What’s more worrying, the gap between demand and supply has been growing, in great part due to the government’s failure to reform the sector and to reduce technical losses and theft. In a special report on power crisis, Dawn looks at the issues involved. The first part of the report appears on Page 2 today, to be followed tomorrow by the second part.

Opinion

Budgeting without people

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Editorial

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