Tag: Power
PWPAC initiate movement for power shortages
Pakistan Water and Power Action Committee (PWPAC) has announced to launch an organised and peaceful movement across the country to press the government for...
Power to the people
All hell broke loose across Pakistan once again on Monday as stifling power outages lasting several hours at a time continued unabated, causing people...
Capital residents decry power outages
The authorities at the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) seem unmoved in the wake of strong public resentment against unscheduled hours’ long power outages,...
Countrywide protests demand power restoration
12 to 20 hour loading shedding has crippled life and has forced people to take to streets across the country. According to various reports,...
Enough of outages!
The city echoed with protests against extended load shedding as people came out on the roads in protest and clashed with the police, on...
Energy Conference to help cut power outages: Firdous
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday said that an Energy Conference is being held on Monday in Islamabad to...
KESC privatisation: a case of gross negligence
The billions of rupees worth dues of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) owed to various organisations, plus the over Rs80 billion loans obtained by...
Protesters against load shedding set vehicles on fire in Lahore
Angry residents staged protests in various localities of Lahore and blocked Ring Road and Multan Road to protest against prolonged load-shedding.
Irked people pelted buses...
LESCO gives illegal extension to retiring CEO
The stance of the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) board of directors (BoD) of giving extension to the company chief executive officer (CEO) is...
Excessive power cuts stifle Punjab
Residents of Lahore were on Saturday left simmering in power outages of up to 16 hours as Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif demanded the...
Thar Coal can provide energy security, says Dr Samar
Scientist Dr. Samar Mubarakmand said on Friday that only Thar Coal could provide guaranteed long-term energy security to Pakistan’s industrial competitiveness, due to its...
Saleh will only quit if rivals not in power
Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh said in an interview published on Friday that he will only step down if key rivals do not assume...
Pakistan seeks power plants for industrial zones from China
Chairman of Board of Investment Saleem Mandviwalla has proposed to one of the largest power sector investor in the country, Dong Fang Electric Company...
Four short hours of electricity!
The city suburbs witnessed 20 hours of load shedding on Wednesday, while the central city dwellers were left without electricity for 14 hours. Pakistan...
Massive 12% raise in power tariff
Federal Minister for Water and Power Naveed Qamar on Tuesday said the government was considering raising the electricity tariffs by 12 percent. Speaking to...
IESCO seeks massive hike of Rs2.40 increase in power tariff
The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) has sought a massive increase of Rs2.40 per KWh in the power tariff to Rs11.17 per KWh for...
NEPRA will notify upfront tariff for wind power projects this week
In order to facilitate investment in the wind power projects, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) will notify the upfront tariff for the wind...
