Tag: Electricity

A team of the USAID Power Distribution Program visited Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) to discuss with PESCO’s CEO Brig. (Rtd) Tariq Saddozai and...

Despite shortage of power generation and loadshedding, electricity theft has become a normal practice in different areas of the province in general and in...

Secretary for Water and Power Zafar Mahmood told a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting on Thursday that electricity distribution companies (discos) were over billing...

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Saturday urged the government to control line losses, electricity theft, inefficiency in recovery of dues and help...

Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has ended its schedule of providing electricity to the developmental projects during the holy month of Ramadan, City42 reported...

Karachi Terrorism has taken a backseat in Pakistan. As the nation continues to face growing US pressure to carry out operations against the Haqqani...

The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) contributed 28,206 million units of low-cost hydel electricity to the National Grid in fiscal year 2011-12. The...

Several areas of the city remained without electricity for several hours on Tuesday. According to reports, the grid station at WAPDA Town developed a...

Differences have cropped up between the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)-led federal and Awami National Party (ANP)-run Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments over the ongoing power crisis....

Massive blackouts continued throughout the country with shortfall reaching 5,000 megawatts on Monday. According to details, the consumption of electricity has increased to 18,600...

Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi on Sunday accused Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif of leading protests to burn and damage houses of opponents,...

The world may not end but it’s definitely going to change I love it. It seems that our rulers have lost common sense entirely. The...

The unscheduled long power cuts during times of sehri and iftar have been challenged in the Lahore High Court (LHC). The petitioner on Saturday asked...

Electricity shortfall on Saturday reached 6,500 MW which led to an increase in unannounced power outages. According to the Energy Management Cell, due to...

Nearly 16 districts of the provincial capital of Balochistan that plunged into darkness after power supply from main Guddu high transmission line was suspended...

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Thursday approved an increase in electricity tariff of 24 paisa per unit under the monthly fuel...

Power shortfall in the country has reached 4,540MW. According to the Ministry of Water and Power sources, the generation of electricity is 13,949MW while requirement...