Tag: Outages
Ending outages our top priority: Ahsan Iqbal
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and MNA-elect Ahsan Iqbal said on Wednesday that the new government’s top priority would be to address the energy...
The case of the missing electricity…
LHC seeks report from Water and Power, Petroleum and Natural Resources, Finance ministries
Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Umar Ata Bandial on Tuesday...
Not a big fan of outages
A city without water and electricity is not a place one would want to be in this boiling summer season. The agitated citizens of...
Outages delay operations in Jinnah Hospital
About 20 operations are put off every day and around 60 operations have been postponed so far in a few days in 1400-bed Jinnah...
It’s hot and it’s dark!
Power shortfall shoots up to 6000 MW
Unannounced outages for as long as 18 hours paralyse city dwellers
What has brought together the 1.2 million PML-N...
Unannounced outages irk citizens
Three to four hours of unannounced electricity outages in various areas of provincial capital perturbed the people on Tuesday.
Faisal Town, Johar Town, Dharampura, Gari...
Power outages hit Karachi
Power supply to several areas of Karachi remained suspended last night due to the fault in Karachi Electric Supply Company’s (KESC) extra high-tension line,...
Senate body wants unscheduled outages ended
The Senate Standing Committee on Water and Power on Friday asked Water and Power Secretary Zafar Mehmood to direct all power distribution companies (DISCOs)...
Protests over outages persist in Punjab, KP
Protests against power outages continued in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday, with the residents taking to the streets after being unable to bear...
LHC orders equal power outages for all
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday ordered for equal power load shedding in all provinces of the country during Ramadan. LHC Chief Justice...
Power, where art thou?
Citizens across the country on Monday continued protesting against massive power outages, finding no respite from load shedding as they delve deeper into the...
Power protests across Punjab
Large scale demonstrations were held in different cities across Punjab over severe load shedding on Sunday.
Cities of Punjab have been witnessing severe load...
Violent mobs take to streets against outages
People across major cities of the country have been facing extreme load shedding, a well condemned term for power outages in our neck of...
A crisis postponed
Temporarily?
It is no small matter to sack one prime minister after another particularly at a time when there is a widespread concern about the...
Minister takes NPCC staff hostage over outages
While the uncontrollable and prolonged load shedding in the holy month of Ramadan continues unabated with protests in many cities across the country turning...
People’s anger boils over outages
Prolonged and unscheduled power outages continued to irk the routine life as well as trade activities in various cities of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
Power protests across Punjab, KP
Prolonged and unscheduled power outages in various cities of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday forced the citizens and traders to move to streets.
According...