Tag: Shortfall

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 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

ISLAMABAD - With the lingering domestic gas shortages and higher international oil prices, the country's electricity generation is likely to face a deficit of more than 5,000 megawatts (MW) in summers. An official source at the Ministry of Water and Power said the shortage of electricity was expected to increase significantly with the beginning of hot weather from April as the generation units were already facing a shortage of gas and lacked financial resources to purchase the

LAHORE - The power shortfall in the country crossed 1,800MW on Monday resulting in long hours of load shedding. Power outages crossed the four to eight hours mark while in many areas, electricity was closed for continuous intervals.
Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) officials said that the shortfall increased because of an increase in power demand but in fact there was less demand because of pleasant weather. They said that power generation remained 10,121MW while demand

KARACHI: The corporate sector in Pakistan is paying the highest rate of income tax in comparison to its counterparts in the region. Corporations in Pakistan are paying income tax at the rate of 35 percent while the corporate sectors in regional countries are taxed by between 20 to 33.99 percent in the category.
Despite the imposition of such a relatively high corporate tax rate in Pakistan, the country's tax-to-GDP ratio is one of the lowest in the world and is one of the reasons

LAHORE: According to Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) reports power shortfall reduced to zero megawatts on Friday and Saturday but even then citizens experienced a one-hour power outage in the morning and one in the evening.
Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) gave an old excuse saying that only commercial feeders were shut down and domestic users on those feeders had to face load shedding. More than 50 percent feeders in the city were commercial and a large number of