Tag: Power

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) parliamentarians on Wednesday condemned long and unannounced power outages in the city that have badly affected the normal life of the citizens. They said the long hours of load shedding have made the life of people miserable with business activities the worst-affected. The students are also facing problems as they have to prepare for their annual examination without electricity. The candidates are forced to take their examination in the hot

LAHORE - The power source of around 700 billboards and 12,000 mobile towers across Punjab is still to be shifted from electric to solar. Ten months have passed since the Punjab government and the Ministry of Environment National Energy Conversation Center issued warnings to the installations' owners. Converting billboards and cell phone towers from electric power supply to solar energy could save around 50 to 60 Megawatts of electricity but neither the Punjab government nor the

LAHORE - Chinese and Punjab governments signed an agreement for the generation of 120 megawatts of electricity at Taunsa Barrage in Beijing on Wednesday. The project, to be completed, with China's cooperation in three years, will cost Rs 26 billion.
Punjab Development Company Chairman Babar Nadeem and the State Corporation Chairman that produces 30 thousand megawatts of electricity in China's region of Wang Shao Fang signed the agreement. Addressing the signing ceremony, Punjab

KARACHI - The authorities on Wednesday extended the powers of rangers for three more months due to the deteriorating law and order situation in the city.
According to a private TV, Sindh Home Department has issued an extension notification on the directives of the Sindh government.
According to the powers, rangers can carry out operations in any areas and make arrests.
Owing to the deteriorating situation in Sindh's capital, rangers in Karachi were given special powers

DASKA - Besides presenting an ugly look, unmanaged electricity wires in streets and markets of the Daska city are creating problems for the citizens, posing threats of short-circuit and eruption of fire in major city markets, including Main Bazaar, Subedar Bazaar and the main streets of College Road.
Many schools of children are also facing a very serious problem of lack of management of wires. In some markets unattended and even bare wires are found scattered on the ground and

LAHORE - Electricity shortfall is set to cross the 4,000MW mark for the first time during the current season, despite a small decrease in mercury level owing to scattered rains in different parts in the country, including the provincial capital, on Friday.
According to the latest power generation and demand figures released by the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO), the shortfall has increased by 830 MW during the last 24 hours. The official data shows that electricity

ISLAMABAD - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday released a programme note on Pakistan, saying the real GDP growth was unlikely to exceed 2.8 percent during the current fiscal year due to adverse security developments which continue to hurt domestic and foreign investor's confidence, while electricity shortages continue to prevent the economy from achieving its potential. The IMF programme note said the fiscal policy had been affected by low economic activity and a difficult

ISLAMABAD - It is seems that Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar is completely out of touch with the affairs of his ministry, as he thinks that mere enhancement of fuel supplies alone would not resolve the generation woes of the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO). Talking to the media at the conclusion of Pakistan Energy Conference 2011 in Islamabad on Tuesday, he warned that the electricity demand would shoot up in summer, resulting in increased load shedding. When

KARACHI - University students continued their protest on Monday against the devolution of Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the transfer of the Education Ministry to provinces. Hundreds of students of the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (DCE&T) gathered outside the DCE&T campus near People's Secretariat Roundabout and later marched towards the Numaish Chowrangi, where they staged a sit-in, suspending vehicular traffic for two hours. They chanted slogans against the

GUJRANWALA - Pakistan Silk and Rayon Mills Association has condemned levy of sales tax on power looms industry through a presidential ordinance and demanded its instant withdrawal. This demand was made at a meeting of the association chaired by Haji Abdul Waheed.
A unanimously passed resolution warned the government of agitation in Islamabad if the sales tax was not reversed. Haji Muhammad Akram told the participants of the meeting that a committee had been formed to chalk out a

ISLAMABAD - The power shortfall on Monday further dipped to 3,002 MW from 3,100 MW as the total power generation was recorded as 10,700 MW against demand of 13,702 MW during the last 24 hours.
According to daily power generation report, the hydel generation stood at 2,662 MW, WAPDA thermal 1,782 MW, IPPs 6,194 MW and Rental 62 MW.
Some 700 MW electricity was supplied to Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), the report further said.
Meanwhile, hydel generation from

KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) on Sunday lost 50 megawatts (MW) electricity supply from rental power plants installed at the SITE Gas Turbine Station and West Wharf. With the closure of these units, fears abound of at least 14 hours of power load shedding from Monday since the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) is also set to reduce gas supply on account of repairs in Bhit Shah gas field.
The 50MW were being generated by a Dubai-based company, M/S EGRICO; the

HAFIZABAD - Citizens protested against 14-hour-long unscheduled loadshedding which has made people's lives miserable, besides affecting all kinds of businesses. The protesters said factories were being closed and labourers losing jobs. They demanded the federal government take notice of unscheduled loadshedding in Hafizabad.
GIRLS ABDUCTED: At least two people abducted a girl from village Lakhia, 10 kilometers from Hafizabad. A girl Nazia went to the fields to respond to the call

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has completed construction of Chashma nuclear power plant II with the cooperation of China and the plant has started to produce 300 megawatts of electricity on trial basis.
The project has been completed prior to its scheduled time in a record five year period. The power plant has also been connected to the national grid, a private TV channel reported.
The channel quoting Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission sources said that construction of two other

ISLAMABAD - After a delay of five months, the barge-mounted rental power plant of a Turkish company, Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik Uretim AS, will undergo commissioning test to prove reliable supply of 230MW power in Karachi on Saturday.
An official source at the Ministry of Water and Power said that the test would continue for two hours and certified by independent engineers to ensure that the plant could provide power consistently without any hiccup. After approval, the rental

LAHORE - Unscheduled load shedding made a striking comeback on Thursday, as the city faced 12 hours of outages while rural areas witnessed blackouts of 16 hours, Pakistan Today has learnt. The power shortfall crossed 3,500MW irking citizens. Almost all city areas faced one hour closure after every one hour making routine life miserable.
In many areas, electricity was closed under the garb of technical repairs and was restored in the afternoon. Citizens said that sudden closures

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari who is also co-chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) told his party's provincial lawmakers (MPAs) from Punjab on Wednesday night that the government had made significant inroads in the investigation into the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto, but the details would be made public only when the party was not in power.
A source told Pakistan Today that President Zardari said the government could not share the exclusive