Tag: Loadshedding
K-Electric fails to pass on ‘rain respite’ to citizens
People of Karachi continue to endure long hours of load shedding despite the decrease in demand of electricity following the first spell of monsoon...
Riots across Sindh over power outages
Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Mirpurkhas, Sukkur, Larkana and Jacobabad are facing power cuts of up to 18 hours against which the citizens staged protests in several areas.
NTDC blows whistle on govt’s claim of Nandipur power generation
The first unit of the plants to come online was run on diesel fuel for five days after its inauguration, but closed down for being too expensive
No load-shedding during iftar, sehr, tarawih
Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif has directed chief executive officers (CEOs) of power distribution companies to ensure smooth power supply at iftar,...
No loadshedding during iftar, sehr, taraweeh
State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali has said there would be no load shedding in the country during iftar, sehr and...
Trade reps take on Abid Sher over excessive outages
State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali faced strong criticism from Power Looms Association office bearers during an open kutchery at Faisalabad...
Govt, opposition in unison against load shedding
Treasury and opposition benches in the National Assembly (NA) have called upon the government to take concrete measures for reining in power load shedding...
Shahbaz vows to rein in load shedding someday
Punjab CM says PML-N govt is making all-out efforts to curb energy problem
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that coping with energy crisis...
For govt, protests most immediate threat than Taliban
Though the Pakistan Army is geared up for a full-scale operation against banned militant outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has no...
Out of blue load shedding lands govt in hot water
LAHORE
Taking notice of a petition filed against unscheduled electricity load shedding, Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Atta Bandial on Friday sought explanation from...
People have to bear with loadshedding
Water and Power Federal Minister Khawaja Asif said on Friday that the government is trying desperately to control loadshedding across the country but the...
Bilawal up in arms over increasing load-shedding in Sindh
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has strongly criticized the Water and Power Ministry over increasing power outages in country, particularly Sindh.
Bilawal...
PM to meet CMs next week regarding internal security policy
Rs32 billion to be allocated for security network
Nisar says 878, including 232 security personnel killed in 1017 attacks in six months
The prime minister is...
Extremism and load shedding: Two things that make Shahbaz angry
The government is making sincere efforts for coping with the challenges of extremism and shortage of electricity, said Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif while...
Load shedding makes life miserable for people
Unscheduled load shedding across the country has made life miserable for people as shortfall has surged to 3800MW.
According to details, with increase in temperature,...
Enroute to the Stone Age: Electricity shortfall widens to 4,300 MWs...
Unscheduled and prolonged power outages in the provincial capital increased to between 12 and 14 hours on Sunday as the country’s electricity shortfall reached...
PTI lawmakers demand removal of PESCO chief
Expressing resentment over power load shedding in Peshawar and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawmakers on Sunday demanded that the federal...