Tag: Loadshedding
It’s not just Ramadan that’s testing people’s patience!
Despite the Water and Power Ministry’s tall claims and government pledges and assertions of increase in power generation upto 14,650 MW, complaints of power...
Khawaja Asif urges people to bear load shedding with patience
Water and Power Minister Khawaja Asif on Sunday said the nation would have to show more patience for getting permanent freedom from the persisting...
Electricity distribution should be provincial subject: CJP
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Wednesday said if power distribution system was handed over to provinces, the problem of electricity...
Power shortfall exceeds 5,600 MW; sparks protests across country
Power shortfall in the country on Tuesday went beyond 5,600 MW causing prolonged unscheduled electricity load shedding in several parts of the country in...
No load-shedding for President, PM, judges and generals
In a startling disclosure before a Senate committee, the chief executive of Islamabad Electricity Supply Company on Monday said there was no load-shedding at...
Years required to deal with load shedding: Khawaja Asif
Federal Water and Power Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday said the government needs load shedding problem could take not weeks or months, but years...
Priority of govt is to reduce load shedding: Aziz
PML-N leader Sartaj Aziz on Thursday said priority of the new government is to reduce power load shedding.
Taking to Radio Pakistan, he said...
Urban Punjab, AJK get some respite from load shedding
The electricity supply situation improved somewhat in a few areas of urban Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) after riots and protests against...
PML-N plans $5bn debt issue to switch lights on
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government plans to sell $5 billion in treasury bills to pay off a chain of debt choking the country’s power...
Gas supply reduced to KESC, loadshedding to increase
The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has reported a massive reduction in gas supply which could lead to increase in loadshedding in the metropolis.
Talking...
Heatwave decrease, loadshedding increase across country
Meteorological Department has said that a gradual decrease in the intensity of the heat wave has been witnessed, but people of the country still...
Citizens of twin cities spend a power-less day
The citizens of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have been spending their almost half day without electricity. “We were facing over 10-hour daily unannounced outage, besides...
Citizens of twin cities spend half day without electricity
The citizens of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have been spending their almost half day without electricity.
"We were facing over 10-hour daily unannounced outage, besides scheduled...
Temperature rises to 48 degrees centigrade in Sindh, Punjab cities
Severe heat wave accompanied by loadshedding has gripped several cities of interior Sindh and Punjab.
The temperature had gone up to 48 degrees centigrade in...
Heat wave grips Sindh, Punjab cities
Severe heat wave accompanied by load shedding has gripped several cities of interior Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday.
As a result, temperature had...
Power crisis worsens as shortfall hits 5,300 MW
Pakistan’s electricity shortfall once again hit the 5,300 Mega Watts (MW) figure, and most parts of the country, especially Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP),...
Electricity shortfall rises as heat wave engulfs the country
As temperatures increase announcing the arrival of summer, electricity shortfall in the country increased to 5,000 MW on Friday when the total power generation...
