Tag: load shedding
PM determined to end outages but can’t say when!
Nawaz tells expatriates his govt is working day and night to overcome energy crisis but refuses to give a timeframe
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif...
City enveloped in 14 hours of darkness
There really is no respite for the electricity-deprived citizens as 12 to 14 hours load shedding continues with the electricity shortfall figures now at...
Protest against load shedding
Green Town’s Bagrian Chowk turned into a battlefield on Sunday when the police resorted to baton charge on the area’s residents who were protesting...
Load shedding to end in next three years: Asif
Federal minister for water and power says PM working hard to make Pakistan ‘Asian Tiger’
Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif on Sunday said...
Energy vows: Furious crowd attack grid station in Kohat
An angry mob stormed a grid station and broke its main door on Wednesday while protesting against power outages in Kohat.
Local residents attacked the...
Angry mob ransacks Bannu PESCO office
Hundreds of people ransacked the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) office in Bannu and destroyed its record in protest against prolonged power outages in...
Treasury members voice people’s resentment over KP power cuts
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly lashed out against the federal government and Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)...
No respite in sight:Electricity shortfall stands at 3,200MW
The electricity shortfall on Thursday reached 3,200 megawatts, increasing load shedding across the country.
According to the Ministry of Water and Power‚ the electricity demand...
No load shedding during sehar, iftar and taraweeh: energy body
A meeting of the Energy Committee was held under the chairmanship of Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Monday to review the arrangements made...
LHC seeks report on load shedding
Adjourning the hearing of a petition filed against load shedding until July 11 on Monday, Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial sought...
SC summons all chief secretaries in load shedding case
The Supreme Court on Monday summoned all four provincial chief secretaries and the federal secretary for finance to be present on the next date...
LHC seeks report on measures being taken to combat load shedding...
The Lahore High Court on Friday sought a reply from the federal government on measures it was taking to control load shedding during the...
I can end load shedding in a week: KP CM
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has claimed to resolve load shedding issue in a week if the Water and Power Development Authority...
Govt assures IPPs of Rs 250b payments
Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Ishaq Dar has assured independent power producers of payment of Rs 250 billion before the end of this...
Nawaz summons meeting to discuss steps to overcome load shedding crisis
Prime Minister-designate PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has convened a meeting of his close aides and experts on Wednesday (today) to discuss ways and means...
No quick fix solution to load shedding, Nawaz tells nation
Prime minister-designate Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday advised the nation not to expect an immediate solution to the prevalent power crisis, but said his government...
Not a big fan of outages
A city without water and electricity is not a place one would want to be in this boiling summer season. The agitated citizens of...
