Tag: Pepco

Technical faults invite increase in load-shedding across Punjab

LAHORE: People of the provincial capital on Wednesday suffered owing to excessive load-shedding when around 550 feeders of the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO)...

Comprehensive drive against power theft to commence immediately: Omar Ayub Khan

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Omar Ayub Khan on Thursday revealed his plan to launch a comprehensive drive against power theft to overcome the inefficiency of the...

Free electricity for mosques linked with a fatwa proposed

Mosques to get 400 units free if prayer leader issues a religious decree against power theft ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of Senate’s Standing Committee on Power...

Defected electric metres leave customers distressed

The electric metres of 2.2 million customers out of 25 million are out of order across Pakistan.   More than 95,000 single-phase metres along...

Ex-MD PEPCO Tahir Basharat Cheema taken to hospital with heart trouble

Former managing director of Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) Tahir Basharat Cheema under National Accountability Bureau (NAB) custody was rushed to Punjab Institute of...

‘Load Shedding Mubarak’: PEPCO Pakistan website hacked

The Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) website was on Friday attacked by hackers identifying themselves as Bilal and Ch3rn0byl. The home page of the...

When it comes to NAB, ‘might is right’

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has reserved judgment on bail after arrest plea in respect of former Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) Managing Director...

Guddu RPP case: NAB files reference against former PEPCO, CPGCL bigwigs

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed a reference in the Islamabad Accountability Court in Guddu Rental Power Plant (RPP) case. The reference has been...

Power shortfall exceeds 6,200 MW

Increase in electricity loadshedding in cities across the country has adversely affected the lives of citizens besides creating water shortage and halting commercial activities...

NAB Punjab serves final notice to power bills defaulters

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab issued on Friday final notices to defaulters of electricity bills of billions of rupees. According to reports, NAB set...

LHC summons PEPCO records

Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Thursday directed PEPCO to submit electricity transmission records of all grid stations under its...

Power shortfall rising slowly but surely

Despite tall claims by the government and PEPCO to put an end to load shedding, all the major cities including the Federal capital are...

Power shortfall rising slowly but surely

Despite tall claims by the government and PEPCO to put an end to load shedding, all the major cities including the Federal capital are...

PESCO CEO concerned over surge in electricity theft in KP

Despite shortage of power generation and loadshedding, electricity theft has become a normal practice in different areas of the province in general and in...

Power shortfall reaches 4655MW

Electricity shortfall in the entire country has reached 4655 mega watts due to which 11 hours of load shedding is being carried out in...

PEPCO still duping public

All cities continue to face power load shedding for 10-16 hours while PEPCO keeps up with its old habit of hiding the facts about...

Phew… Punjab govt only owes Rs 3.1b to PEPCO

A spokesman of finance department, Punjab has said that the position of outstanding electricity dues payable by Punjab Government was reviewed in the meeting...