Tag: Kesc

KESC privatisation: a case of gross negligence

The billions of rupees worth dues of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) owed to various organisations, plus the over Rs80 billion loans obtained by...

KESC labour union men granted bail

A sessions court on Friday granted bail to Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) labour union leader Akhlaq Ahmed and 29 others in a case...

Govt rules out gas increase to KESC

After the clear refusal by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to enhance the gas supply to Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) which is...

KESC rues not being SSGC’s ‘preferred customer’

Despite reportedly owing Rs 30 billion to the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) is still crying out for...

‘Soft corner’ for KESC CEO lands Defence cops in trouble

A court issued contempt-of-court notices on Tuesday to the current and the former station house officers (SHOs) of the Defence police station among other...

KESC beat Muslim FC in PPFL

KESC and PMC Athelco FC won their matches of the eighth Pakistan Premier Football League being played at Karachi and Faisalabad. KESC beat Muslim...

Give us the gas pressure we need, KESC asks SSGC

The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) on Tuesday asked the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) to supply adequate gas pressure at the power utility’s...

KESC labour leaders’ case sent to sessions court

The administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts in Karachi, Justice Maqbool Baqar transferred a case against the labour leaders of the Karachi Electric Supply...

After a break, KESC back to its dirty old ways

A large number of domestic, commercial and industrial consumers of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) have started facing load shedding of up to...

NEPRA approves reduction in KESC tariff by 65 paisas per unit

National Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved curtailment by 65 paisas per unit in the tariff KESC and it will be applicable to all...

KESC makes matters worse by warning citizens of 10 power-less hours

To make lives worse for the rain-battered people of the city, the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), claiming insufficient fuel supply, alerted the citizens...

300 KESC feeders trip

Almost 300 feeders of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) tripped across the city following rainfall that continued for over 30 hours, causing prolonged...

KESC test fires 2nd turbine of 560MW BQPS-II

The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) on Saturday announced successful test firing of the second gas turbine of 560-megawatt (MW) Bin Qasim Power Station-II...

KESC hits back at KWSB

The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has earmarked its important and critical customers as being ‘strategic’ in nature and out of them of them,...

SSGC threatens swift action against KESC

Taking serious notice of receivables over Rs28 billion from only Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), the Board of Directors of Sui Southern Gas Company...

NEPRA gives final warning to KESC on bill rounding method

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Tuesday issued final warning to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) to desist from its practice...