Tag: Electricity

Electricity suspended in parts of country as Guddu trips

Immense fog and leakage from the gas pipeline caused 11 units of the Guddu Thermal Power Plant to shut down due to tripping on...

Iran to supply 2,000 MW power to Balochistan

Iran has agreed to supply 2,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity to Balochistan out of which 1,000 MW electricity will be utilised in the Gwadar...

Govt to slash electricity prices soon

Prime Minister’s Spokesman Musadik Malik has hinted that the government intended to “significantly slash the electricity prices soon”. At a press briefing on Thursday, Malik...

Govt to slash electricity prices soon

Prime Minister’s Spokesman Musadik Malik has hinted that the government intended to “significantly slash the electricity prices soon”. At a press briefing on Thursday, Malik...

19th Pak-Iran JEC meeting steps up economic integration

Pakistan, Iran agree to promote trade, discuss import of electricity from Iran and export of Pakistani fruit to Iran

Eid sans load shedding!

*Govt announces three Eid holidays, no CNG, electricity load shedding from Oct 6 to Oct 8  The Federal Government has announced three public holidays for...

Govt to ensure electricity, gas to textile sector

Federal Minister for Textile Abbas Khan Afridi on Tuesday said the government was taking effective measures to ensure uninterrupted supply of gas and electricity...

Another stunt for power hunt

People observed a strike and held a protest demonstration on Tuesday against inflated electricity bills here. Villagers, political and social workers of village Manihro carried...

Power cut leads to water woes

The suspension of water supply due to a 12-hour-long power cut on Saturday added to the misery of the residents of Iqbal Town, Ganj...

Electricity will remain suspended from 18th to 22nd: IESCO

The IESCO has declared that electricity will remain suspended on August 18 to 22 due to shifting of electricity lines for Metro Bus Project. The...

Turkmenistan ready to offer electricity to Pakistan: Meredov

Vice-Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov Friday said that his country was ready to provide electricity to Pakistan as Turkmenistan...

Nawaz promises to light up Pakistan

Premier vows to increase power generation by 21,000 MW, lauds China and Qatar’s collaboration for 1,320 MW coal-based power plant at Port Qasim     Prime Minister...

China Gezhouba group to produce 2640 MW electricity at Gadani

Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif Tuesday witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between China Gezhouba Group Company Limited (CGGC)...

Sindh too demands control of electricity

After the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government, the Sindh government has also come forward to take over control of the provincial production and distribution system...

China to give 3200MW electricity to Pakistan

China has officially offered Pakistan to export 3200 megawatts of electricity. The offer was made by Chinese officials during the talks with Punjab Chief Minister...

Senator Zahid, Abid Sher trade abuses over electricity theft issue

    Awami National Party (ANP) Senator Zahid Khan and State Minister for Water & Power Abid Sher Ali exchanged abuses after the latter blamed Pashtuns...

Khawaja Asif denies speculations about the revision of electricity tariff

Federal Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif has said that the prices of electricity have been enhanced to stop raising circular debt again. In...