Tag: load shedding
We will not let load shedding bring us down: Shahbaz
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that despite the terrible electricity crisis the country is facing, a positive environment for investment...
No loadshedding in factories, textile mills, industries: Mukhtar
Federal Ministry for water and power Ahmed Mukhtar on Wednesday said that loadshedding has eliminated in the cement factories, textile mills and other industries...
Young doctors take to the streets despite LHC orders
Punjab’s problems seem to be escalating exponentially. From unscheduled load shedding to the most pervasive and the longest drawn Young Doctors Association’s (YDA) protests...
Electricity shortage soars to 5,200MW
The country is producing 12,340 megawatt (MW) of electricity against the demand of 17,200 MW due to which the citizens have to endure long...
KESC rejects Water Board’s ‘propaganda’
Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has strongly rejected the false propaganda being churned by the Water Board management and made it clear that the...
‘No hike in POL prices, no power outages on Eid’
The federal petroleum minister on Monday announced not to increase petroleum prices on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr.
The POL prices are weekly reviewed in the...
Zardari’s ouster essential to save Pakistan: Shahbaz
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Friday that it was inevitable to rid the people from Zardari and his team to save the...
No new clothes for Eid!
The prevailing load shedding in the twin cities has badly affected the tailors, who have refused to book orders for Eid-ul-Fitr.
Affluent...
All fingers point to govt’s laziness
The government is to recover outstanding electricity charges worth Rs 82 billion besides line losses valuing Rs 22 billion and both the factors hinder...
Power Ministry claims to have ended unscheduled outages
The Ministry for Water and Power has claimed that it has ended unscheduled power cuts across the country but scheduled load shedding will continue...
Nothing can dampen the joy of an Eid shopping spree
Despite load shedding, price hikes and inflation, shopping for Eid is in full swing, with buyers high in spirits purchasing clothes, accessories and gifts...
Some elements playing with constitution, democracy: Nawaz
PML-N President Nawaz Sharif on Sunday said some elements were playing with the constitution, democracy and judiciary and pushing the country towards chaos.
Addressing a...
NA body criticizes load shedding during Sehar and Iftar
National Assembly Standing Committee on Water and Power has taken a serious note of unscheduled load-shedding and said that the commitment of exempting Sehar...
Chaudhrys can cross all limits for power: Sanaullah
Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Wednesday said that Chaudhry brothers have no moral values and can go to any lengths to come back...
LCCI has had enough of the VIP culture
The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry while expressing deep concern over awful prolonged load shedding, has demanded of the government to withdraw immediately...
Load shedding gets on RCB residents’ nerves
Parts of Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) including Afshan Colony and its adjoining areas faced acute water shortage accompanied by prolonged load shedding. The situation...
KP govt calls power load shedding ‘national and humanitarian issue’
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has termed the unprecedented electricity load shedding “a national and humanitarian issue” and has said it is willing to resolve...