electricity

Iraq's dilapidated power grid is unable to cope, leaving business owners and citizens beholden to private supplies

Accumulated rainwater paralyses social activity

Drinking water contaminated, load-shedding affecting business, says TAC

LESCO claims it has done a wonderful job, while many citizens suffered from load shedding

Overall, consumers will bear an additional burden of Rs6.5 billion

They are eligible for concessionary financing under an SBP scheme

Qesco official says fault not in Makran, but Iran's grid station

Irsa spokesperson has said that hydroelectric power generation is the solution to the country’s energy crisis

Power Division fails to reveal actual demand for cheaper LNG fuel from power producers

Country faces shortage of 9,278 MW as supply gap widens

According to figures, amount had stood at Rs729.8b in June 2017

Regulatory authority to hear stakeholders in this regard on June 27

Signs agreement with World Bank that also provides $140m for Sindh barrages

CJP grills PESCO chief for rising load shedding in the province

LESCO says it resorted to prolonged loadshedding due to increase in demand

PM chides NAB for harassing bureaucracy

Appeal stressed the power utility had not improved its capability

The power breakdown has continued in Gujarat, Sheikhupura, Mandi Bahauddin and other cities

Two 500kv grid stations trip due to technical fault

Fault either in major dams or transmission lines triggers domino effect

Number of people living without access to electricity in 2016 was a billion, or 13 per cent of the global population

Ismail announces ambitious measures in budget ahead of elections

Huge potential for power generation from garbage, says SSWMB executive director

Murad Ali Shah urges Centre to delink disputed claims among different entities from gas supply to K-E

Leghari blames power utility for ‘mismanagement, system inefficiencies’

CM says, cheap supply of electricity to the people is the basis of national development

Murad Ali Shah wants both entities to sit together, resolve differences

PM Abbasi reviews strategy to tackle power outages

The supply and distribution of power remains as ramshackle as it has for decades

Once tendering process is over, installation of new streetlights will start in all nine zone of city

In the 21st century, humans should not have to fret over availability of basic necessities

Move will pave way for reliable, efficient transmission of electricity

Modern solar-plated fans, batteries provided to 19 families in four villages

Privatisation minister assures house outstanding dues of PSM employees till Feb 2018 will be paid

'In Pakistan, losses amounted to more than 17% of total production'

Also calls for setting uniform gas tariff for industries across country

Provincial energy minister hits back at allegations, accuses federal govt of stalling on K-P’s power sector

K-P Energy and Power Department has sent a letter to PESCO to purchase electricity

PTI chief says K-P has 75 megawatts of ready electricity but it isn't being bought

'A proposal is under consideration of CDA to install a plant for generating electricity from garbage'

Demands against Pesco authorities to take notice of the alleged wrong meter-readings

Faisalabad consumers would soon get meter readings on their registered mobile numbers

Says electricity is mandatory for agriculture, trade and industry, government must fulfill responsibilities

farmers are facing shortage of water by 30% despite supply from the canals system, rains and ground water

Later, Power Division dissolved the committee, formed a new one comprising its officials

PEPCO chief warns the matter may be taken to NAB and FIA

Hundreds of millions of people in India are forced to live with the fallout of the dirtiest fuels

Power secretary promises 3-year imprisonment for guilty officials

Regulator sets old rate that stands at Rs12.09 per unit, new price is Rs8.86

CEO says company faces hurdles while recovering bills in AJK