Tag: Electricity
KP minister cancels power projects with ‘no progress’
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Caretaker Minister for Energy, Power and Public Health Engineering (PHE) Haji Fazal Elahi directed the cancelation of all those power projects...
Tarbela starts supplying additional 335MW to national grid
ISLAMABAD: Consequent upon the improved hydrological conditions and availability of water, the first unit of Tarbela 4th Extension Hydropower Project has started electricity generation.
The...
Three KP divisions dwell in misery without electricity: report
PESHAWAR: A large area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which includes Peshawar, Mardan and Hazara divisions, has been without electricity since Thursday, because of alleged problems...
Citizens vexed as 46 hours of power outage adds to scorching...
--Some areas without power for over two days
--Others facing 10 to 12 hours of load shedding
LAHORE: After the windstorm that struck Lahore on Tuesday evening,...
‘Uninterrupted power supply to areas with 80pc losses not possible’
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Energy Power Division Joint Secretary Musaddiq Ahmed Khan said that uninterrupted supply of electricity to locations with 80 percent losses increased the...
DISCOs unable to meet electricity demand amid hot weather
ISLAMABAD: Though electricity generation has increased in the country, hours-long power outages continued in the country amid hot weather as the state-owned power distributing...
WAPDA’s claim of power restoration falls flat as several cities still...
A Ministry of Power spokesperson claimed on Twitter that the power breakdown, that left the national grid with a 4,000 MegaWatt shortfall, is now...
Punjab and KP ‘powerless’ for hours after massive breakdown
--National grid suffers shortfall of 4,000 megawatts after tripping of main transmission lines in Punjab and KP
--Minister tells NA he has ordered an inquiry...
Power shortfall increases to 1,200MW as NTDC lines trip
ISLAMABAD: A spokesman of the Power Division informed on Tuesday that 1,200 megawatts (MW) of electricity have disappeared from the national grid owing to tripping of...
Govt gears up to tackle load shedding ahead of elections
LAHORE: With the general elections just around the corner, the Ministry of Power, in a bid to temporarily relieve the people of the menace of...
KE must provide electricity following PM’s directions: Karachi mayor
KARACHI: Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar on Monday said that the prime minister has given the approval of provision of 190 mmcfd gas to the...
No load shedding on 5297 feeders: Awais Leghari
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari on Monday said that there was no load shedding on 5,297 feeders functioning in different parts...
IREA report says most Pakistani villages lack electricity
A report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IREA) highlighted that half of all Pakistani village still lack electricity and recommended that Pakistan...
PML-N govt added 10,973MW electricity to system, NA told
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) was informed on Thursday that 10,973 megawatts of electricity has been added to the national grid by the present government...
Jumble of live wires puts life of Bhati Gate’s residents at...
We are living under permanent state of threat, says resident
LAHORE: Residents of the historical Bhati Gate area are living their lives in fear caused...
Demand and supply gap of electricity bridged, NA told
'200 kilometres of railway track replaced across Pakistan during last year'
Alam says 12 Islamabad steel mills involved in causing pollution
Ikhlas apprises postal services not...
Punjab striving to become ‘energy efficient’, says PEECA
LAHORE: Punjab Energy efficiency and conservation agency (PEECA) on Wednesday organised a consultative workshop on revision and modification of energy building codes (ECBC) for Punjab.
PEECA...
