Tag: Electricity
Nawaz approves electricity import from India
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has apprioved a summary regarding import of electricity from India, but decision regarding tariff rates has not been taken yet.
Sources...
Uncovered wires dangling from electric poles
The uncovered live wires dangling from electric poles on streets and roads in residential and commercial areas, particularly congested localities of the town, pose...
KMC submits protest against KESC in Karachi
On Tuesday, Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) demonstrated its authoritative power against Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) to express outrage over electricity closure. KESC had...
Govt. to resume subsidy on electricity
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid on Monday said that the government will give subsidy of Rs 178 billion to the electricity consumers...
PSM weeds out 680m in cheques for power restoration to KESC
After successful talks with the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), the Pakistan Steel Mills Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Saadat Cheema managed to restore 132...
No respite in sight:Electricity shortfall stands at 3,200MW
The electricity shortfall on Thursday reached 3,200 megawatts, increasing load shedding across the country.
According to the Ministry of Water and Power‚ the electricity demand...
Indus river projects can remedy power outages for good
A long term plan to overcome power shortages could work miracles if the federal government made a focused effort to complete projects on six...
SC for equal distribution of electricity
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) and National Transmission & Despatch Company (NTDC) to ensure equal distribution of...
Not a big fan of outages
A city without water and electricity is not a place one would want to be in this boiling summer season. The agitated citizens of...
It’s hot and it’s dark!
Power shortfall shoots up to 6000 MW
Unannounced outages for as long as 18 hours paralyse city dwellers
What has brought together the 1.2 million PML-N...
Govt suffering Rs 1b loss daily on electricity
Failure to introduce reforms in the power sector has caused the national exchequer to suffer a daily loss of one billion rupees owing to...
Electricity shortfall has ended, claims Power Ministry
The Ministry of Water and Power on Wednesday claimed that electricity shortfall in the country had ended.
According to a spokesman of the ministry, the...
WAPDA plans to generate 20,000 megawatt till 2022: chairman
The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Syed Raghib Abbas Shah has said on Saturday that the authority will complete mega projects for...
LESCO officials shock electricity thieves in fresh crackdown
In a fresh crackdown against electricity theft in the city, the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) officials raided different areas lying in their respective...
Menace of load shedding returns
The nuisance of unannounced load shedding has returned as the electricity shortfall increased to 5,000 MW on Wednesday.
The shortfall has led to an increase...
LESCO conducts crackdown against electricity theft
Lahore Electricity Supply Company (LESCO) Chief Executive Officer Muhammad Saleem on Thursday ordered a crackdown on electricity theft. The operation was conducted under...
Electricity shortfall reaches 4,000 MW
Electricity shortfall in the country has reached 4,000 MW with closure of nine units of Terbela Dam.
According to sources, nine units of Tarbela Dam...