Tag: Power
IESCO’s laziness costing people their peace of mind
Islamabad Electricity Supply Company has failed to receive an amount worth Rs 12.78 b from its 197,000 defaulter consumers, which still have to pay...
IESCO cuts electricity to important ministries
Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) has cut off electricity connections of the offices of federal ministries in addition to Pak Secretariat.
The decision was...
Syria rebels target regime air power
Syrian rebels launched deadly attacks on the military Saturday in a campaign increasingly targeting its air power, as President Bashar al-Assad’s traditional ally Russia...
PM directs for reducing power demand-supply gap
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has urged the ministries of Petroleum, Finance and Water and Power to coordinate and work collectively and ensure that...
Justice delayed is…!
The recent proactive action of Chief Justice of Lahore High Court to move the CCI to untangle the knot of KBD hanging fire since...
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...
Equal load shedding in all provinces, claims Mukhtar
Minister for Water and Power Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar claimed on Wednesday that all provinces were having equal electricity load shedding. During a quick...
Twelve years is a long time…
In a statement to the press a PPP leader has said the nation will build the Bhasha dam as it would benefit the country...
Billions of rupees embezzled in projects like rental power: CM
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Monday that billions of rupees were embezzled in the name of different fruitless projects like rental power...
Power shortfall downs to 3500MW
Duration of power outages all over the country has lowered due to decrease in electricity shortfall.
Sources said the electricity shortfall has reached a...
Future is hydel, not coal
The Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is reported to have said that Thar coal project is nation’s future. This is only half truth. Complete...
Government focusing on generating power through coal: Mukhtar
Minister for Water and Power Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar on Saturday said the government was focusing on power generation through coal in order to overcome...
Power crisis: 20 feeders trip in rain-hit Lahore
Almost half of the city went without power on Friday as 20 feeders tripped due to heavy showers.
There were reports of faults in underground...
Nepra allows KESC to increase power traffic
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority on Friday issued a notification allowing Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) to hike its tariff by Rs 1.66...
Electricity Distribution companies overcharging consumers: PAC told
Secretary for Water and Power Zafar Mahmood told a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting on Thursday that electricity distribution companies (discos) were over billing...
CCI constitutes committee for uniform power distribution
The Council of Common Interests (CCI) has decided to constitute a committee to address the complaints of provinces regarding uneven load shedding in its...