Tag: Power

Protest against unannounced power outages

Hundreds of residents of Hameed Pura Colony, Hirabad, Seed Farm Road and the nearby areas held a demonstration against the prolonged power failure caused...

Karachi hit by severe power, fuel shortage

Karachi came to a stand-still and was plunged into darkness as the full impact of the recent petrol shortage hit the south of the...

Feasibility to upgrade Mangla power plant

With a view to ensure optimal utilisation of hydropower resources in the country, Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has awarded contract to...

Power subsidy cut to fall heavily on commerce

Though the government claims to have instilled stability in prices during the next financial year through a public friendly budget, the huge reduction in...

Punjab faces petrol shortage after power, gas

After gas and power, now Punjab is facing acute shortage of petrol in many cities. According to the media reports, people of Punjab, who...

BNP-Awami protest power outages

The Balochistan National Party-Awami staged a protest against daylong power load shedding outside the Quetta Press Club and Quetta Commissioner Office and presented a...

Unknown miscreants fire 3 rockets at Power Station

Unidentified persons fired three rockets at Och Power Station, which exploded in an open field. Police sources said that unknown miscreants fired three rockets...

Govt notifies increase in power tariff

Ministry of Water and Power has issued the notification regarding increase in power tariff by 0.92 paisa per unit. The distribution companies would receive Rs...

7 killed in armed clash over power supply in Upper Dir

At least seven persons including three women were killed during an armed clash over power supply line in Upper Dir area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

Power subsidy of Rs 120b assessed for next fiscal year

With the power subsidy escalating to Rs 128 billion during the July-May period of the current fiscal year the government has worked out a...

Sukkur Barrage most feasible for hydro power plant: Marri

The government has put together feasibility reports to look into the development of hydro power plants on five suitable points of the Indus River,...

Power tariff likely to increase in June

The government has decided to again increase power tariff by 2 percent once again in June. Quoting sources a private television channel stated that electricity...

‘Karachi needs to get uninterrupted power supply’

to Sindh Chief Minister Muhammad Zubair Motiwala said on Sunday that he has urged the management of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) to...

Does being a nuclear power really help?

“It’s a fraud,” condemns Dr Pervez Hoodboy, referring to the nuclear programme that Pakistan has always upheld as a symbol of strength in front...

560MW plant to start producing 115MW power next month

The much-delayed $377 million, 560-megawatt (MW) combined cycle power plant of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) at Bin Qasim is expected to start...

Power tariff upped by Rs 1.07

While the consumers get no relief from prolonged power outages, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Wednesday approved an increase of Rs...

Switzerland opposes building further nuclear power plants

The Swiss govt Wednesday recommended to parliament that the country’s five nuclear power plants should not be replaced as they age, leaving them to...