Tag: Loadshedding
Excessive power cuts stifle Punjab
Residents of Lahore were on Saturday left simmering in power outages of up to 16 hours as Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif demanded the...
FPCCI demands total exemption from gas and power loadshedding
Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Thursday demanded total exemption from power and gas load shedding to help strengthen the...
Ministers demand end to load shedding in Balochistan
The provincial ministers have demanded from QESCO to accomplish power agreement made with Iran to eliminate power load shedding in the province.
The provincial...
Committee constituted to resolve unscheduled load-shedding
Taking serious notice of unscheduled load-shedding of electricity in the country, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Sunday constituted a high-powered committee to...
CNG stations closed for 2.5 days in Potohar region
CNG stations have been closed for two and half days in Potohar region including twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Thursday.
According to Sui...
Power generation should be handed over to private sector, says PEW
The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Friday said power generation and distribution network should be handed over to private sector.
Government has failed to address...
Unannounced electricity load shedding: Trader’s organization stages protest
Trader’s organization Naveed-e-Sehar staged a protest and shutter down strike against unannounced electricity load shedding in Mardan.
Dozens of shopkeepers of PRC market...
Closure of CNG irks motorist at Lahore
The CNG stations in the city remained closed for second day due to which people faced acute problems
Several motorists stopped their vehicles due...
Closure of CNG for 3 days a week is on the...
In the winter season , the load shedding of the gas could be extended to four to five days whereas closing down of CNG...
Power outages to continue till 2018: misleading statement, says WAPDA
A spokesman of Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has rejected a statement “Power outages to continue till 2018”, attributed to WAPDA Chairman...
Summers and outages – not a holy alliance
Long hours of power outages in scorching summer heat irked people in all parts of the country including the provincial capital Lahore. The power...
Shortfall of electricity reaches 3950 mw, loadshedding grips the country
The power crises in the country has been intensified due to non availability of furnace oil and nonfunctional power plants , as the shortfall...
Loadshedding continues to haunt Lahoris on Sundays
Despite closure of markets and offices and a decline in power consumption, load shedding remained as high as ever in the city on Sunday...
Outages persist despite pleasant weather
Power load shedding in the city persisted despite a reduction in the electricity shortfall on Saturday. Power demand decreased because of a change in...
2000 MW to be added in national grid: PEPCO
Director General PEPCO Engineer Muhammad Khalid said on Friday that 2000 MW electricity would be added to national grid within two months that will...
Water level rises to 1398 feet at Tarbela
Water level is rising in both the major reservoirs of the country Tarbela Dam and Mangla Dam day by day as 20 feet water...
JI chief condemns loadshedding
Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Syed Munawar Hasan has condemned the power crisis in the country and unannounced load shedding. He said this was because of the...
