It was another quiet night for the talking heads last night. With Amr Adib, Sherif Amer, and Lamees El Hadidi still on their summer break, TV hosts Ahmed Moussa and Mohamed Sherdy took a look at the latest on the new administrative capital and rising cigarette prices.

Is the new administrative capital included in the blackouts schedule? The city is lit with LEDs, which consume less energy, and 30% of the electricity supply to government buildings is powered by solar energy, new administrative capital CEO Khalid Abbas told Ala Masouleety’s Ahmed Moussa. He didn’t say whether the new capital is seeing blackouts. (watch, runtime: 3:34)

Why are smokes getting more expensive? Sellers in the black market are the ones hiking the price of cigarette packs, Eastern Company Managing Director and CEO Hany Aman told Moussa (watch, runtime: 2:29) The company will be increasing the daily quantity of cigarettes it delivers to the market starting next week amid reports of shortages, Aman added. Eastern Company yesterday released a statement reiterating that it has not hiked prices since March and calling on all merchants to adhere to official prices. Last month, tobacco giant Philip Morris reversed a price hike on its cigarette brands — L&M and Marlboro.

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