Tag: load shedding

16 ‘Q’ ministers submit resignations in protest against load shedding

To mark their protest against load shedding, at least 16 PML-Q ministers submitted their resignations to party President Shujaat Hussain on Monday. According to...

Allies at loggerheads over electricity load shedding

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....

Stop politicizing issue of load shedding, Kaira tells Shahbaz

Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira asked Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday to avoid doing politics on the issue of load...

PAC head threatens resignation against outages

Chairman Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Nadeem Afzal Chan has warned if unequal load shedding was not ended, he would tender resignation. While talking to a...

A hungry man is an angry man

Prolonged electricity outages amid extreme humid temperature in Ramadan have forced the patience of the people to run out and desperate citizens continued with...

Citizens up in arms over long hours of outages

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Friday that people were justified to protest against load shedding, as persistent black-outs and gas load shedding...

‘Zardari Gang is out to get us’

Addressing party workers at his tent office on Thursday, Punjab’s Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that the ‘Zardari Gang’ has let loose a despicable...

Outages claim 2 lives in hospital

Two new born baby girls died at a children’s hospital in larkana due to power load shedding on Thursday. One of the baby girls...

Shahbaz says he will ‘teach thieves a lesson’

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday that the country is being ruled by a gang of thieves and will be taught a lesson...

Govt responsible for massive load shedding: Imran

The government has once again gone back on promises to the nation during the holy month of Ramazan, said Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf chairman...

Power outages persist despite tall claims

Despite the tall claims by the government of ending power load shedding during Ramadan, there appears to be no end to electricity outages. The...

Citizens begin first fast amid load shedding

The government’s promise of containing the menace of load shedding, at least in the holy month of Ramadan, have fallen flat, evident from the...

Rain brings no respite from outages

Despite the shortfall coming down to 3,458 megawatt, prolonged load shedding continued in the country on Tuesday. According to energy management cell spokesman, an...

Water shortage, power load shedding irk RCB residents

Some parts of Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) are facing water scarcity along with power load shedding, irking their residents. The residents of the...

Cabinet grills power secy over load shedding

Water and Power Secretary Imtiaz Qazi on Wednesday came under heavy fire in the federal cabinet for poor performance of the ministry and its...

Shahbaz Sharif sets up camp at Liaquat Bagh

Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif set up a camp at Liaquat Bagh here Saturday to add his voice with the protesting masses against...

Riaz slams CM for supporting rioters

Punjab Assembly opposition leader Raja Riaz Ahmed flayed Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif for backing rioters under the pretext of the load shedding protests...