Tag: K-Electric

Child electrocution incident: K-Electric vows cooperation in investigation

Announces to bear expenses of treatment after family's demand KARACHI: K-Electric (KE) on Sunday sympathised with the family of the child, Muhammad Umer, who has...

K-E refuses to take responsibility for minor’s electrocution, amputation

K-Electric (K-E) has refused to take any responsibility for the electrocution of eight-year-old Muhammad Umer from a falling high tension wire which led to...

K-electric under fire as child loses arms to electrocution

KARACHI: An 11-year-old boy had his arms amputated after he was electrocuted by a high-tension wire in Karachi on Friday. This report comes a day...

K-Electric holds tree plantation at St Patrick’s Cathedral

KARACHI: Under its Plant for Pakistan initiative which emphasises environmental sustainability through tree plantation, K-Electric organised a tree plantation drive at St. Patrick’s Cathedral,...

K-Electric’s anti-theft campaign: 500 meters of underground cable confiscated

KARACHI: Continuing with its efforts to eradicate power-theft and curbing the menace of load-shedding, K-Electric is conducting an anti-theft drive in different areas of the...

Power supply in city ensured during Eid holidays

KARACHI: Residential customers of K-Electric remained exempt from load shedding during Eid holidays and all efforts were made to ensure a consistent supply of electricity....

No unannounced load shedding in Karachi: K-Electric

KARACHI: K-Electric denied reports of unannounced electricity load-shedding in Karachi on Wednesday. After the installation of new equipment at the Bin Qasim Power Plant, power supply...

K-Electric conducts anti-power theft drive in Landhi’s Babar Market

KARACHI: Karachi-Electric (KE) on Tuesday conducted a kunda-removal drive in Babar Market, Landhi to curb power theft. During the drive, around 10 illegal commercial connections...

SHC issues contempt notices to K-Electric, NEPRA officials

KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday issued contempt of court notices to officials of K-Electric (KE) and National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) over a...

K-Electric promises reduction in power outages by May 20

KARACHI: In yet another assurance to the residents of the port city, K-Electric (KE) promised on Wednesday that the worsening situation of power supply in Karachi...

SHC withdraws stay order against K-Electric

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court retracted the ‘restrictive orders’ issued to the power utility K-Electric (K-E), over Karachi Metropolitan’s (KMC) complaint against discontinuation of...

Karachi suffers 10-12 hour loadshedding as fault persists in Bin Qasim...

KARACHI: Several areas of Karachi continued to face prolonged outages on Saturday as K-Electric’s Bin Qasim power plant could not be restored even after the passage of two...

SHC serves notice on KE chief over unannounced power cuts

  KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday issued a notice to Karachi-Electric (KE) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tayyab Tareen in a contempt case regarding unannounced load...

Gas supply still not restored to K-Electric despite PM’s tall claims

KARACHI: Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) has not restored gas supply to K-Electric yet, despite Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s tall claims. The...

PM announces end of Karachi’s power crisis

Says SSGC ordered to restore gas supply to KE, resolve dispute within 15 days KARACHI: Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday announced an...

Sattar threatens protest outside CM House, K-E office

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) PIB faction leader Dr Farooq Sattar on Sunday warned the Sindh government of staging protests outside the K-Electric head office...

PM takes notice of Karachi’s power crisis amid looming protests

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday took notice of the worsening power crisis in Karachi amid the looming protests PM Abbasi has convened a meeting...