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Industries cannot sustain any further increase in load shedding timings as the country’s economy is on the verge of collapse, Sindh Industries and Commerce...

Load shedding worsened on Wednesday, as the power shortfall once again started heading towards the 6,000 MW level. The electricity shortfall witnessed an increase...

Despite an improvement in electricity production and a decrease in the power shortfall, load shedding continued to haunt citizens on Saturday and people had...

KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has assured the government that it would not increase the power load shedding duration. According to an official statement issued on Wednesday, a meeting was convened at the behest of Sindh Electric Power Minister Shazia Marri that was presided over by the provincial Electric Power Secretary Rabia Javari Agha.
It was also attended by the representatives of the KESC, the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and the Pakistan State Oil

KARACHI - Petroleum Secretary Imtiaz H Kazi on Thursday assured that load shedding for compressed natural gas (CNG) will end by the next month.
He said this while talking to a delegation led by CNG Station Owners Association Chairman Malik Khuda Baksh, which had called on Kazi and Gas Director General Mohammad Azam for discussing the problems being faced by CNG retailers and consumers due to the ongoing gas load shedding.
Kazi and Azam explained that due to annual repair and

KARACHI - On the intervention of Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan and Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has "reverted to its previous level of load shedding rather than the newly announced duration of up to 14 hours".
According to an official announcement on Saturday, the governor and the chief minister took strict notice of the new load shedding duration and summoned the high officials of the KESC and Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and

WAZIRABAD - Twelve-hour load shedding schedule given by the GEPCO has affected the workers and laborers of Wazirabad economically.
The workers and laborers are unable to keep their body and soul together due to this intolerable load shedding and the local cottage industry of cutlery in Wazirabad has gone to the verge of destruction.
All Pakistan Cutlery and Utensils Association Wazirabad have demanded GEPCO reduce this unscheduled load shedding in Wazirabad to enable the

ISLAMABAD - Gas supply to five power plants remained suspended for a second day due to a gas pipeline explosion.
The electricity load shedding is now up to six hours in the urban areas and nine hours in the rural areas, private news channel reported.
Due to an explosion at the Sui Northern gas supply line near Guddu Barrage, gas supply was cut to Orient, Saiif, Roush, Sapphire and Fauji power plants. This brought an increase of 1000 megawatts, bringing the collective

LAHORE - The government has announced a three-day-a-week gas load shedding for the industrial sector in Punjab, a private TV channel reported on Saturday. A notification has been issued in this regard. Despite of orders issued by the president and the prime minister, gas load shedding for the industrial units of Punjab has continued unabated. According to the notification, industries across Punjab were facing gas load shedding due to a gas shortfall.
Punjab has been divided in

KARACHI - At least 70 percent of pole-mounted transformers (PMTs) in the city are either outdated or overloaded, as the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has not been able to fulfill its commitment to the develop the power supply infrastructure during the last three years, sources told Pakistan Today.
Therefore, the 18 million residents of the city would not only have to put up with the scheduled nine hours of load shedding, but their sufferings would be exacerbated this

KARACHI - Faseeh Saleem's previous artworks have been based on a self journey inspired by his childhood playthings and experiences, particularly his family's army background and his short stint as a civil engineering cadet. "I try to critically analyse how far this variety of backgrounds contributed towards the evolution of my personality," says Saleem. "One tends to carry the load of his background for a long time; however, the mental development and outlook on various aspects of

STAFF REPORT - The Sindh government will ensure that load shedding is reduced to its minimum possible level, promised Sindh Electric Power Minister Shazia Marri on Friday while talking to media personnel at the inauguration of a spring festival and flower exhibition. Marri said that Sindh has the gotten the right of ownership to 50 per cent share on its oil, gas and other natural recourses under Article 172 (3) through the 18th Amendment. She said that the Sindh government has planned

KARACHI - While the citizens of Karachi are braving the unabated power outages, the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has changed the schedule of load shedding by increasing the duration of outages.
Soon after the change of the schedule, many areas of the city have started facing the more hours of power breakdowns. Residents in various parts of Gulistan-e-Jauhar - including Mosamiat, Safoora Goth, Pehalwan Goth and Jauhar Chowrangi - reported bearing long hours of long load

KARACHI - Despite the fact that the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has restricted power distributing companies from carrying out more than 80 hours of load shedding in a year, the residents of Karachi have to contend with 1,080 hours of power outages.
In violation of the 'Guaranteed Standard (GS) of Planned Long Duration Power Supply Interruption' of NEPRA, the KESC suspends power supply to its over two million consumers for over 1,080 hours a year with its

DUBAI - Pirates on Wednesday seized a supertanker off the coast of Oman bound for the United States carrying a crew of 25 and a load of more than 1.9 million barrels of oil, officials said. "We cannot contact the vessel," an official with Enesel, the Greek company that manages the Irene SL, told AFP by telephone.
The tanker was carrying "about 270,000 metric tons" of Kuwaiti crude, which translates to over 1.9 million barrels of oil, he said, asking not to be named. The

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf informed the National Assembly on Friday that there was no possibility for an end to load shedding in the country in the near future. During the NA question hour session on Friday, Ashraf said in response to a question raised by Parveen Masood Bhatti that all efforts were being made to control load shedding, but it would not be possible to completely bridge the gap between demand and supply in the near feature.