Tag: Electricity

Power shortfall reaches 4655MW

Electricity shortfall in the entire country has reached 4655 mega watts due to which 11 hours of load shedding is being carried out in...

Mukhtar makes his mark

Within two days of taking over the Ministry of Water and Power, Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has made his presence felt to the electricity consumers...

Govt and CNG Association need to talk out issues: LCCI

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) uesday urged the government on Tuesday to immediately initiate talks with the CNG Association and solve...

Stolen electricity metres continue recording electricity units

Young doctors have unearthed a huge ‘scandal’ regarding the electricity bills of the King Edward Medical University. They said the KEMU’s electricity bill for...

‘Have faith, for I shall rescue’

In line with the directions issued by the president and the prime minister, providing relief to the masses by minimising the electricity shortfall in...

Punjab cabinet meets at Minar-e-Pakistan

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday said that the federal government was “behaving like a stepmother” with Punjab, and until it does not...

PPP submits motion against CM Punjab camp office

Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) has submitted an adjournment motion at the Assembly's Secretariat against the running of Chief Minister's Camp Office at Minar-e-Pakistan on...

LCCI urges Punjab to focus on coal power projects

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry urged the Punjab government on Saturday to allocate maximum funds for electricity generation though coal in the...

‘Nation wants electricity more than democracy’

Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said in the present circumstances, the people were demanding basic amenities, including uninterrupted power supply instead of...

People want ‘electricity’ not ‘democracy’: Shahbaz

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif lashing out against the government over load shedding issue said that the masses want electricity not democracy. Talking to...

Shortfall increased to 7,000 MW in the country

The power shortfall continues to plague the country as electricity shortfall has risen to 7,000 megawatts (MW) that resulted in increase in unannounced load...

HESCO facing 450 MWs shortfall

Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO) is facing an electricity shortfall of 450 megawatts against the total demand of around 1,000 MW of its system,...

Nepra to raise tariff by Rs 1.97 per unit

National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday increased the tariff of electricity, second time in a week, by 1.97 rupees per unit. According to...

Electricity shortfall reaches 6500 MGW

The electricity shortfall has reached 6500 megawatt due to shortage of oil and gas to power houses. According to the Ministry of Water and Power...

Agreements with Tajikistan for electricity import in final stage

Federal Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar Saturday said that the government has entered into the agreements with Tajikistan Government for import...

Power shortfall worsens

Power crisis in the country has reached a critical stage while shortfall has reached 7500 Mega Watts. According to sources, current production of electricity...

Yet another electricity bomb in the making

The Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) on Wednesday requested National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to further raise the power tariff by Rs 2...