Tag: Electricity

WAPDA travails

The Water and Power Development Authority has come down hard on the government for not being able to implement the crucial power sector reforms...

NEPRA approves Rs 3.01/unit hike for LESCO, QESCO

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) Friday approved up to Rs3.01 per unit hike for power tariff of Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO)...

No electricity for 17 days!

The residents of a private housing society, Tayaba Gardens, have been without electricity for the last 17 days due to the negligence of the...

Nine power firms, USAID sign electricity supply pact

All nine of the government-owned power distribution companies (DISCOs) signed agreements with US on Monday for $60 million assistance to implement the second phase...

Power suspension schedule issued

The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) has announced to install a power transformer of 20/26 MVA at 132 KV Grid Station Satellite Town Rawalpindi...

Pakistan can get out of power crisis

We have resources to overcome power shortage The power crisis is not local problem rather it is being faced by the whole region of South...

Government depts asked to set example by paying their power bills

The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has demanded that the government should ensure its departments pay the dues they owe to power utility. According to...

Power tariff went up in 2011, but supply did not

Though the government has increased electricity prices by only eight percent in 2011, it has slapped some hidden charges on consumers to make their...

‘Give the Chinese 3,000 acres for power plant’

The chief minister has directed the Board of Revenue (BoR) officials to ensure provision of 3,000 acres of land to a Chinese power company,...

Electric wires a threat to people

The uncovered live electric wires dangling from electric poles, in streets and roads, in residential and commercial areas particularly congested localities of the town,...

CDA asked to launch LED lights pilot project

The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has asked the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to first launch a pilot project of street lights based upon...

IESCO disconnects power supply to CDA’s main office

The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) on Friday disconnected power supply to the main office of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) over nonpayment of...

2012 BC

No gas, no electricity. It seems Pakistan is on the path of regression instead of progress. One of the biggest issues of our governance...

Small electricity consumers spared fuel charges

The Lahore High Court on Monday abolished the fuel adjustment duty for small consumers of electricity using up to 350 units in a month,...

DISCO boards ignorant of their powers

Faced with rising criticism over the slow pace of power sector reforms the government on Thursday urged the board of directors of the power...

Rationing issues

When will the government settle on formulating priorities? When demand for a commodity, at prevailing price, exceeds supply, basics of market economics tell us that...

GEPCO hikes power tariff by Rs4.05

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) allowed Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO) on Wednesday to hike power tariff by Rs4.05 per unit. NEPRA authorities...