Tag: Loadshedding

OUTRAGE AT OUTAGES

People have had enough. Having suffered from outrageous lack of power – for the better part of the day for days on end like...

Gilani summons National Energy conference today

Prime Minister, Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani Monday took notice of power crisis, which triggered violence across the country and summoned National Energy conference today(Tuesday). The...

Anti-load shedding protests continue in various parts of Punjab

Anti-load shedding protests continued in various parts of Punjab including Faisalabad‚ Khanewal‚ Burewala‚ Okara‚ Sheikhupura‚ Hafizabad‚ Rawalpindi‚ Jhelum and Sargodha on Monday. According to the...

Mukhtar asks DISCOS to check unscheduled outages

Federal Water and Power Minister Ch Ahmad Mukhtar has directed the power distribution companies to strictly follow the load management quota in order to...

Traders protest against load shedding

The traders in all districts of Punjab, including provincial capital, held protest rallies against crippling electricity loadshedding, besides establishing symbolic hunger strike camps to...

Protests erupt as shortfall jumps to 7,733 MW

Power shortfall on Sunday reached to 7,733 Mega Watt while prolonged loadshedding is continued in hot summer resulting in violent protests across the country. According...

Stealing electricity

Through your esteemed newspaper I want to draw the attention of the KESC towards the “kunda system” in Saturday night matches which is very...

Power outages, scorching heat claim two lives

Prolonged power outages coupled with scorching heat has hit people across the country hard, with two people dying of severe heat in Daska and...

Govt’s survival hinges upon managing power crisis

The decision to swap ministries of Naveed Qamar and Ahmad Mukhtar was made after the government was informed that the power supply and demand...

CM for installing generators at tube wells

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that due to torturous loadshedding in Punjab , provincial government is providing generators at tube wells...

Prolonged loadshedding tests peoples’ nerves

Unscheduled and prolonged power loadshedding in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad with day-by-day rising temperature is testing nerves of the people. Residents of the...

Power cuts: Protests continue in several cities

Due to shortage of fuel to power stations, power shortfall on Wednesday surged to 8,200MW across the country which caused prolonged loadshedding of 15...

Electricity shortfall reaches 6500 MGW

The electricity shortfall has reached 6500 megawatt due to shortage of oil and gas to power houses. According to the Ministry of Water and Power...

Power shortfall back to 6,000MW

The electricity shortfall has reached 6,000MW which has led to an increase in unannounced loadshedding. According to Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) electricity generation is...

Corruption root cause of inflation, load shedding: CM

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said corruption is the root cause of the price-hikes, load shedding, poverty and unemployment in the country....

NEPRA increased power tariff by Rs 2.38

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has permitted the distribution companies to boost the power tarrif as much as Rs 2.38 per unit...

Unannounced outages ended, claims govt

The Ministry of Water and Power on Friday announced that unannounced load shedding had been ended across the country and electricity shortfall had been...