Tag: load shedding

Rain emergency declared in Karachi

Five killed, two injured in rain-related incidents in various parts of the city as traffic jams and prolonged power outages add to citizens’ miseries Met...

Electricity load shedding significantly reduced: Rashid

Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said electricity load shedding has been significantly reduced. He said the country will have sufficient energy by 2017 to meet...

Pakistan on track to end power load shedding: ADB

  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said that Pakistan is on track to end power load shedding in two years. This was stated by...

Power cuts: Everything is going according to plan, says Kh Asif

Says load shedding for domestic consumers reduced to six hours Says 10,400 MW of electricity will be added to the system by 2018   Minister for Water...

Load shedding pummels while the sun beats down on Lahoris

On the first day of Ramzan, there was electricity breakdown in Shahdara, Ravi Road, Manga Mandi and some parts of Iqbal Town during Sehr and Iftar. On the second day, the situation improved in the urban areas of Lahore, the outskirts still had to experience multiple breakdowns.

No unannounced load shedding, insists Ministry of Water and Power

Says 97% urban, 85% rural areas with zero load shedding at Sehri and Iftari   With the beginning of Ramzan, the Ministry of Water and Power...

‘Power outages to end by June 2018’

    The federal secretary for Water and Power has said that power outages will be ended by June 2018. Mohammad Younus Dagha said this while addressing...

Lahore weathers massive power cut

Millions of Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO)’s consumers in half of Lahore faced a massive power breakdown of more than 12 hours yesterday. Citizens in...

Brace for prolonged outages as temperature increases

Following the past years’ bitter experiences, the gradual rise in temperature has created problems for the residents of both urban and rural areas of...

PM vows to end load shedding during PML-N’s tenure

  Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed on Tuesday that load shedding will be eliminated during the present government’s tenure. He was addressing a public gathering after...

Zero load shedding for industrial sector: Abid

  State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali Saturday said that 8000-10000 megawatts of electricity will be added in national grid by March...

TAPI: Eliminating outages not a pipe dream anymore

Shortage of energy has been a major concern for the country during the past decade. Not too long ago, government had to resort to 20...

Gas load-shedding irks citizens

  Gas load-shedding of up to 18 hours has irked domestic consumers across Punjab, especially Sialkot, Daska, Sambrial, Pasrur, Chawinda and Badiana areas. In this respect,...

Power outages of up to 10 hours imposed again

Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has increased load shedding in both urban and rural areas, which are now facing load shedding of eight and...

Accute water shortage as Load shedding rises to 18 hours a...

Eighteen hours a day unscheduled load shedding in Attock and the nearby localities has made the life of residents miserable, as people are facing...

Load shedding must cease during Ramzan, says Minister

Condemning the unannounced and excessive load shedding Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Provincial Information Secretary of Awami National Party Sardar Hussain Babak asked the federal government take...

Sharif speaks of power

Chairing the 14th meeting of Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCE) at Prime Minister’s House on Friday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif issued directions for speeding up power recoveries and taking tangible steps for controlling power theft.