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Loadshedding in Pakistan

It's a mess in Punjab apparently

I don't know about Panama but if this continues then this should PML-N worried

The irony is that their whole manifesto is that they have solved the energy crisis
 
I haven't heard much about the loadshedding in Lahore,but it's been horrible here in Karachi.Just today,at my place,there was no electricity for almost 4 hours.The electricity went out a bit before 11 A.M and came back at 2:45 P.M.And I kept thinking,what about those people who can't afford a generator or a UPS?How can they cope with this in this heat?
 
I was in Lahore a few days ago and I can assure you, the situation is as bad as it gets. I didn't really expect for this to be happening in a major metropolitan city. Electricity cut after every single hour. So in total, you're getting 12 hours of electricity in a day.

And this is one one of the poshest areas of Lahore, Defence. All the Elites, celebrities and businessmen live here yet these are the circumstances. Well, at least the Sharif brothers aren't classicists.
 
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I was in Lahore a few days ago and I can assure you, the situation is as bad as it gets. I didn't really expect for this to be happening in a major metropolitan city. Electricity cut after every single hour. So in total, you're getting 12 hours of electricity in a day.

And this is one one of the poshest areas of Lahore, Defence. All the Elites, celebrities and businessmen live here yet these are the circumstances. Well, at least the Sharif brothers aren't classicists.

Wow,thats terrible.Hope this issue is resolved soon.
 
I haven't heard much about the loadshedding in Lahore,but it's been horrible here in Karachi.Just today,at my place,there was no electricity for almost 4 hours.The electricity went out a bit before 11 A.M and came back at 2:45 P.M.And I kept thinking,what about those people who can't afford a generator or a UPS?How can they cope with this in this heat?
Karaxhi has it better esp well off areas.
 
[MENTION=135]Waseem[/MENTION] [MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] please change title to Pakistan Summer Loadshedding thread or something

It's certainly not a labore problem
 
Karaxhi has it better esp well off areas.

Is it true that well off areas in Karachi have no loadshedding to begin with? I have heard they have electricity 24/7 if the area has good bill recovery
 
pretty ok when i went last month,

problem is, when whether is ok, electricity is fine, when it gets hot, loadshedding increases. its like they do it on purpose to kill the people.
 
pretty ok when i went last month,

problem is, when whether is ok, electricity is fine, when it gets hot, loadshedding increases. its like they do it on purpose to kill the people.

When the weather is okay people are easy on the fans and acs hence reduced load
 
Is it true that well off areas in Karachi have no loadshedding to begin with? I have heard they have electricity 24/7 if the area has good bill recovery

Clifton and defence have Loadshedding of 1 to 1.5 hr per day since last two weeks

But before May (and from Nov or so) yes it's true there was Loadshedding in these areas for 2-3 hours max per week
 
Wow,thats terrible.Hope this issue is resolved soon.

Agreed. However, I think its better than having longer electricity cuts in one go, like the ones you have in Karachi. At least you get an hour to let the air conditions cool the room down and for the UPS to charge. The situation in Karachi, especially with the humidity must be really tough.
 
When the weather is okay people are easy on the fans and acs hence reduced load

But this Ramzan something seems fishy

Factory hours are lower and offices close at 3pm max. Also markets don't open in night till after 15th ramzan usually. When you combine all this the electricity being used by commercial and industrial sector is v low in early Ramadan.

And historically there is limited Loadshedding in ramzan due to these reasons in Karachi Atleast.

But not this time
 
Is it true that well off areas in Karachi have no loadshedding to begin with? I have heard they have electricity 24/7 if the area has good bill recovery

That is the case in particular housing societies like Bahria Town. Bahria Town has an undisturbed supply of electricity in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi too. They claim they make their own electricity, however, that is all garbage. They have a HUGE back up generator system and connections in the Govt.
 
That is the case in particular housing societies like Bahria Town. Bahria Town has an undisturbed supply of electricity in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi too. They claim they make their own electricity, however, that is all garbage. They have a HUGE back up generator system and connections in the Govt.

Lol bahria town in Karachi is like 5% occupied right now so it's not in discussion
 
there is fighting going on in Karachi and furious people have attacked electricity offices; load shedding must be very bad in karachi
 
there is fighting going on in Karachi and furious people have attacked electricity offices; load shedding must be very bad in karachi
In nazimabad and johar areas it's going every day from 12 am to 6 am (basically sehri) and then during day

What I've never understood is how are the electricity bills still high even when there is Loadshedding like this. There is never any reduction in the billed amount
 
What's the solar penetration in Pakistan? Why don't housing colonies setup and use their own backup solar powered generators?
 
Is it true that well off areas in Karachi have no loadshedding to begin with? I have heard they have electricity 24/7 if the area has good bill recovery

Those areas like Defence,KDA etc experience loadshedding but for less time compared to areas like Nazimabad,Garden e.t.c.
 
The weather is absolutely lethal in Pakistan.
117*F in Larkana daamnnn!!
 
I was in Lahore a few days ago and I can assure you, the situation is as bad as it gets. I didn't really expect for this to be happening in a major metropolitan city. Electricity cut after every single hour. So in total, you're getting 12 hours of electricity in a day.

And this is one one of the poshest areas of Lahore, Defence. All the Elites, celebrities and businessmen live here yet these are the circumstances. Well, at least the Sharif brothers aren't classicists.

in defence lahore it is pretty much load shedding every hour, just like you say it. in the poorer and remote areas it is even worse. the thing is that the people in power have their own generators and ups system, so they do not feel the brunt on load shedding at all, and as a result they do not understand what the common man goes through.
 
in defence lahore it is pretty much load shedding every hour, just like you say it. in the poorer and remote areas it is even worse. the thing is that the people in power have their own generators and ups system, so they do not feel the brunt on load shedding at all, and as a result they do not understand what the common man goes through.

I would agree. It is what it is. The PMLN Govt. promised to solve the energy crisis within a few months during their election campaign, now its almost the end of their tenure. The sad part is, this is a problem that logically speaking cannot be solved within a few months, or a couple of years even. The Govt. needs to invest in reservoirs such as dams, stop the wastage of electricity by introducing a new meter system where every household gets a particular number of watts of electricity every month. Any house the exceeds that limit is either deprived of their electricity or pays double the amount moving forward from the limit for every watt. There's no other way to go about solving this problem.
 
The weather is absolutely lethal in Pakistan.
117*F in Larkana daamnnn!!

That's nothing. Islamabad is only a few degrees lower. Check Sibi! It is 50 degree Celsius (and above!) almost dayily.
 
That's nothing. Islamabad is only a few degrees lower. Check Sibi! It is 50 degree Celsius (and above!) almost dayily.

:danish

Sibi is not even on the website. It says "no location found." Still, it's really hot in Pakistan.
 
:danish

Sibi is not even on the website. It says "no location found." Still, it's really hot in Pakistan.

It is. And you can't blame nature for this, we've brought this onto ourselves and forgive me for saying this, we deserve it. Massive deforestation, not doing anything to control global warming - in fact we aid it and continuing to elect the same tyrants who put no emphasis on population control. This is just the beginning. I've lived in Pakistan all my life and I can guarantee you that it is getting hotter than before by the minute. The whole world is, actually. But the problem is that we're doing nothing to stop it.
 
SMCHS had literally no load shedding up until very recently. This Ramzan I've heard from my folks it's very bad even in Locations which have near 100% bill recovery.
 
Lahore's electricity load has increased exponentially over last decade or so but upgradation of distribution lines didn't start till last year. Consequently, more transformers burn in summers in Lahore than in any other city. The electricity theft is unusually high thanks to local politicians protecting their voters' delinquencies, malfeasance (and involvement in theft) of supply company officials, different groups/unions (including lawyers, media persons, traders) or should I call mafias not only using but selling electricity as well. Moreover in the rural areas of neighbouring districts like Sheikhupura, Kasur and Nankana Sahib where there is no supply of natural gas, the trend is to use 3000W or 5000W heaters for cooking on direct supplies from 220V low voltage lines. This ever increasing technical and commercial loss of electricity along with an attempt to achieve strict targets given by IMF has resulted in overbilling and loadshedding to the point where they stand now. Despite decrease in supply to industries (which gives 100% recovery) to accommodate domestic users in Ramzan, the load shedding situation is in a mess and unfortunately is not expected to get any better.

Karachi's situation would have been far worse had the privatization of KESC didn't happen few years ago. Although, the cost of unit in Karachi is high as compared to rest of the country, KE is following a better approach by providing greater electric power to low loss areas and maximizing the recovery. 'Honest' consumers in high loss areas (consumers who do not steal energy in areas where electricity theft is common) have to bear the brunt but considering our power generation resources and the gap in demand and supply, this the minimum price that has to be paid. This model is inapplicable in government owned power supply entities obviously due to political pressure. In urban Punjab for example, the scheduled load shedding on feeders with 5% power loss is 6 hours and that on feeders with 50% power loss is only 8 hours. Inevitably, more units will be lost and less recovery revenue will be generated which will lead to greater unscheduled load shedding.
 
Duration of electricity interruption much higher in Pakistan: WB

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank, in its first comprehensive stock-taking of infrastructure services in Asia, says although electricity access in Pakistan is in line with regional averages of 92.5 per cent, the average interruption duration and frequency values are much higher.

This is apparent from frequent power outages due to loadshedding. Pakistan suffers from outdated facilities and a complex distribution system vulnerable to damage, the report says.

The government plans to add capacity and diversify the energy sector by commissioning more hydropower plants, with Chinese support under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) programme.

The report presents data about infrastructure provision in three key sectors in Asia: road transport, electricity, and water and sanitation. As the first comprehensive, regional stock-taking of levels of supply, quality, and affordability of infrastructure services, the report titled ‘Infrastructure in Asia’ underscores the need to better understand current levels of service delivery to facilitate governments’ infrastructure planning and financing.

Access to electricity in urban areas is 100pc, while in rural areas it is 54.14pc, with total percentage of 70.79pc. The transmission and distribution losses are 17.1 per cent.

The quality of electricity has been estimated at 2.9 against average of 1 to 7. Data shows the duration of system average interruption is 99 hours per year, while the frequency per year of system average interruption is 90 hours. Renewables form 31.43pc of electricity generation.

As far as road transport is concerned, the report says Pakistan has fair road quality indicators, but rural accessibility is only 39.9pc. Low accessibility shows high scope for improvement for the rural population.

Pakistan’s major road expansion projects are financed by CPEC and BRI programmes.

In terms of water and sanitation, the World Bank report says piped water and sewerage access are low, even in urban areas. Pakistan’s sanitation quality is also poor, as evidenced by a high daily rate and low wastewater treatment. Water services, even in the larger cities, are intermittent. The percentage of non-revenue water is 44pc, while the quality of water in terms of percentage of passing chlorine test is 100pc.

The report says over the past few decades, a large part of Asia, in both East Asia and South Asia, has enjoyed strong economic growth and steady social development. Nevertheless, the region faces significant constraints in infrastructure investment.

This is exacerbated by Covid-19 pandemic and the short-term challenges of a slowing global economy, higher borrowing costs, and geopolitical tensions. Longer-term, the region is highly susceptible to the effects of climate change, so infrastructure development must be sustainable and climate resilient.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1573388/duration-of-electricity-interruption-much-higher-in-pakistan-wb
 
ISLAMABAD: The power supply situation is set to aggravate, particularly in Karachi, as K-Electric’s financials deteriorate to an extent of its inability to pay fuel bills due to non-payment of subsidies and a freeze on tariff by the government while consumers brave intense humid conditions.

Senior official sources told Dawn that K-Electric had formally conveyed to the federal government that it was not in a position to make payments against gas and furnace oil supplies to the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) and Pakistan State Oil (PSO), respectively.

They said a meeting of key stakeholders — Minister for Energy Omar Ayub Khan, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, Special ****is*tant to the Prime Minister on Petroleum Nadeem Babar, managements of KE and other entities and provincial representatives — reviewed the situation and felt the need for a professional handling of the situation to avert an unmanageable crisis without political considerations.

Mr Babar did not respond to calls and Mr Ayub could not be reached for comments.

KE chief executive Syed Moonis Alvi, however, said positive discussions had been held with the federal government and hopefully the situation was moving towards solutions. Responding to a question, he said the government should notify the tariff hike so that tariff for KE consumers and the national power tariff become equal.

KE tells govt it cannot make payments to SSGCL, PSO

The non-payment of bills to SSGCL will lead to immediate closure of LNG supplies owing to a vacuum in its decision-making following fresh cases filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the company’s top management. SSGCL is currently providing about 200 million cubic feet per day of gas for 1,000MW of power generation, meaning KE’s generation will drop by almost one-third.

As if that is not enough, PSO is also handicapped by over Rs350 billion receivables due to circular debt of over Rs2.2 trillion and suspension of oil supplies on deferred payments by Saudi Arabia.

SSGCL’s outstanding bills against KE stand at about Rs14bn and are increasing at a rate of about Rs4bn per month. PSO supplies about Rs6-7bn worth of monthly fuel to KE. A KE default could spill over into public sector entities both in petroleum and power sectors.

As such, the inability of KE to clear its fuel bills “could be a tipping point” for the entire energy sector because public sector power companies were also operating on government support and tight cash flows, a senior official of the energy ministry said. He said the financial constraints had been part of the KE-fuel suppliers’ dismal fiscal situation but aggravated by a recent decision of the federal cabinet to delay notification for about Rs2.39 per unit increase determined by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) which practically blocked an expected revenue stream.

Based on the Nepra determination, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet had in March approved an average Rs2.39 per unit increase in KE tariff to bring it on a par with uniform national power tariff. This tariff has been pending for almost three years (11 quarters). In summers, this works out to be about Rs3bn per month that drops to about Rs2bn or averages out at about Rs2.5bn.

Its application was stopped due to the Covid-19 situation at the time. The ECC again gave a go-ahead for its implementation with effect from July 1 this year, but it was again withheld by the federal cabinet and Prime Minister Imran Khan on the desire of PTI members of the cabinet from Karachi amid floods and loadshedding.

The non-payment of subsidy by the government and freeze on tariff are creating cash flow problems, not only for KE but also for other distribution companies, resulting in a second-tier tariff increase to finance the borrowing costs. KE claims over Rs240bn receivables from the government, including Rs110bn on account of tariff delay and Rs32bn against the Karachi Water Board alone. While there was a dispute over whether the federal or provincial government should foot this bill, there was no disagreement that this amount was payable to KE, an official at the Governor House said.

A KE official said the power utility was borrowing at almost 18 per cent mark-up to finance SSGCL’s late payment surcharge and keep its other affairs running and this was again resulting in higher tariff for end consumers.

For the current year, the federal government has kept Rs15bn as tariff differential subsidy in the budget for KE to keep the tariff uniform against an expected gap of Rs72bn at a rate of Rs6bn per month. Likewise, KE was paid Rs25bn as tariff subsidy during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 against its claim of Rs48-60bn.

At present, the KE tariff is Rs2.89 per unit (kWh) lower than the rest of the country for almost all commercial categories — temporary residential, all bulk supply tariff, public lighting and residential colonies attached to industrial premises — and all industrial tariff categories.

The KE tariff for residential consumers is Rs1.65 per unit lower than the rest of the country. Its tariff for commercial consumers on less than 5kwatt load in Karachi is Rs1.09 per unit lower than the rest of the country.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1573561/karachi-power-situation-set-to-aggravate
 
‘Federation not fulfilling responsibility’: SC rages at failure to address Sindh load-shedding

Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed on Tuesday took authorities, in particular the federal government, to task for excessive power load-shedding in Sindh, observing that the "federation was not fulfilling its responsibility".

Justice Ahmed was heading a three-judge bench hearing a suo motu case regarding unannounced electricity load-shedding in the province.

Rejecting as unsatisfactory the reports presented by the federal government and the National Electric and Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) explaining the issue, the apex court asked for new reports at the next hearing scheduled for November.

"These reports don't give a clear picture," said the CJP, adding that neither the federal nor the provincial governments were doing anything to address the issue. "The federation is not fulfilling its responsibility," he remarked.

Justice Ahmed said people were being allowed to exploit state institutions. "The government does not have the capabilities. All institutions are taking advantage of the government's shortcomings," he said.

Irked at the situation, the CJP said all Nepra and Power Division employees should be fired. "There is no point of having such employees."

Regarding K-Electric, Justice Ahmed said the power utility had become the people's master after "hijacking" them, adding that the price for electricity in the metropolis had been increased once again.

During the hearing, the court noted that it had reservations about the power utility's investors. KE's chairman informed the court that investors with ties to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait had invested $400 million in the company.

"It seems that that is not the end of the story, there must be someone behind them. It seems as though eventually this company will have connections with Bombay [Mumbai]," the CJP remarked. "Perhaps the electricity in Karachi and Balochistan is controlled from Bombay," he said referring to news reports.

He also remarked that half of Karachi was without electricity at night. "Every day I get calls and messages saying load-shedding is happening three times a day."

The K-Electric lawyer contended that news reports about the company having shareholders in Bombay were incorrect. The CJP replied that corporate affairs were often tangled and someone else was usually reaping the benefits.

The top judge said the power utility was a defaulter and should be sent to jail. "Provision of electricity is a basic right," he noted, adding that a heavy fine could be imposed on the company.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1584842/f...ges-at-failure-to-address-sindh-load-shedding
 
Load-shedding situation in Pakistan

1. Except a few of us who live in privileged neighbourhoods, the whole country right now is facing intense load-shedding varying from 14 to 22 hours per day.

2. Shocking thing is our production capacity as of 2018 was 34,000 MW and our demand is just around 24,000 MW. PTI when it came to power in 2018 (when electricity demand was around 20K MW), complained to the public that oh look what PMLN did as we have to pay “capacity charges” and our distribution lines are not capable to carry more than 24,000MW

3. The PMLN government rightly planned for the next decade when they increased the capacity however they didn’t improve the distribution system. It was now on PTI to improve distribution system which is easier to accomplish than increasing capacity.

4. 3 years later - after making continuous tall claims, there is ZERO improvement in the national distribution system and things have gone rather worse as they cannot even supply 24,000 MW electricity to the people of Pakistan causing disastrous load shedding.

5. This is another example of how one of the most shameless, and incompetent government in Pakistan failed to develop infrastructure but rather put it under further decay.

6. They have again put the blame on previous governments - the only tactic they know. Be it people losing lives in countless railway incidents, kids in school going to hospital due to load shedding - EVERYTHING is apparently previous governments fault. They take no responsibility and have literally zero shame.

I am ashamed as i voted for PTI.
 
The situation is terrible. It is the worst phase of load-shedding in years.

PTI is truly the most incompetent government in Pakistan history. They have destroyed each and every department and institution.
 
The situation is terrible. It is the worst phase of load-shedding in years.

PTI is truly the most incompetent government in Pakistan history. They have destroyed each and every department and institution.

Yes the first year we have experienced Load Shedding.
 
Pmln are the best hands down in running pakistan

It's a shame the military keep overthrowing them and destabilising the situation when they are in government.

Until the pakistani people realise that the real enemy is pakistan army and stand with nawaz sharif to take bullets on the chest like the turkish people stood with Erdoğan when military tried a coup

Then there is no hope.

Khan may be a sincere person but he is a puppet and his whole cabinet is full of incompetent clowns.

Biggest problem is this military leadership /isi , biggest looters swindlers in pakistan haven't won one war against India and basically brainwashed whole society that India is gonna attack us and we are going to be invaded by hindu armies like their mouthpiece zaid hamid if that was the case why hasn't India invaded Bangladesh.
 
Load shedding vanished from Pakistan in 2016 after PMLN’s efforts. Credit where its due. 5 years later its back!

Load shedding can not just vanish all of a sudden. Nawazs backside was not a mega electricity generating device. The lack of electricity is due to years of neglect and poor planning. Khan has ordered the start of two dams which will complete around 2025 for cheaper electricity. Some people are just full of cr*p, electricity projects take years to complete. The shortage now is not due to current government but the previous govt due to poor planning.
 
Load shedding can not just vanish all of a sudden. Nawazs backside was not a mega electricity generating device. The lack of electricity is due to years of neglect and poor planning. Khan has ordered the start of two dams which will complete around 2025 for cheaper electricity. Some people are just full of cr*p, electricity projects take years to complete. The shortage now is not due to current government but the previous govt due to poor planning.

You definitely didnt read my OP otherwise you wouldnt have embarrassed yourself like that.

First of all, it didnt vanish - it decreased gradually and came to a full stop in 2016.

And it happened because PMLN increased electric generation capacity to 34,000MW - about 14,000 MW in excess keeping a 4% growth rate per in purview. We are still in excess of 10k but the jahils in PTI never improved the distrubution system and it went into further decay. Looks like PTI’s supporters don't bother reading up.
 
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Load shedding vanished from Pakistan in 2016 after PMLN’s efforts. Credit where its due. 5 years later its back!

It must have vanished from Lahore because forget Karachi or Peshawar, even multan and Bahawalpur had load shedding in both 2016 and 2017 summer.
 
Pmln are the best hands down in running pakistan

It's a shame the military keep overthrowing them and destabilising the situation when they are in government.

Until the pakistani people realise that the real enemy is pakistan army and stand with nawaz sharif to take bullets on the chest like the turkish people stood with Erdoğan when military tried a coup

Then there is no hope.

Khan may be a sincere person but he is a puppet and his whole cabinet is full of incompetent clowns.

Biggest problem is this military leadership /isi , biggest looters swindlers in pakistan haven't won one war against India and basically brainwashed whole society that India is gonna attack us and we are going to be invaded by hindu armies like their mouthpiece zaid hamid if that was the case why hasn't India invaded Bangladesh.

PML-N is best at running central Punjab. Maybe they should make it a separate unit so they can rule that
 
It must have vanished from Lahore because forget Karachi or Peshawar, even multan and Bahawalpur had load shedding in both 2016 and 2017 summer.

Sorry but you are wrong. I lived in Karachi in 2017 and 2018 as i was working there, no loadshedding.
 
Tell me you’ve never been to Karachi without telling me you’ve never been to Karachi...🤣

Numbers dont lie, no one can deny the capacity upliftment by PMLN because as soon as PTI came in govt, they complained about it citing “capacity charges”z
 
Sorry but you are wrong. I lived in Karachi in 2017 and 2018 as i was working there, no loadshedding.

I was in multan and Bahawalpur both sunmers and loadshedding was definitely there. My brother has a Facebook post about it too lol and comparing it to Germany (stupid comparison I agree)

Karachi as well. Maybe not in area you were but Karachi isn’t just defense and Clifton.
 
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Load-shedding isn’t a Pakistan specific problem. Here in England we are advised to shut down unused appliances during sporting finals involving England cos everyone love a cuppa!
 
I’ve been in Lahore for the past few weeks and been to some other parts of the country. It’s been great as far as power supply is concerned.

I wouldn’t jump the gun as I’ve hardly experienced any load shedding. There might be some now due to demand during incessant heat but its nothing like the old days.

Certainly, nothing like the 14-22 hours as claimed in the op.
 
Pakistan should have built more Nuclear power stations, they don’t need to keep building weapons as they have more than enough to defend themselves.

Poor planning, military involvement in politics and corruption is the result of the power shortages seen now.
 
Pakistan should have built more Nuclear power stations, they don’t need to keep building weapons as they have more than enough to defend themselves.

Poor planning, military involvement in politics and corruption is the result of the power shortages seen now.

Yar why is no one reading the OP - we have excess electricity since 2017..
 
Numbers dont lie, no one can deny the capacity upliftment by PMLN because as soon as PTI came in govt, they complained about it citing “capacity charges”z

My paternal family live in Landhi, I’ve been going to Karachi regularly since 2014, and I can tell you the exact timings of when the power goes. No electricity for most of the day, and at times no gas, and no clean water and on top of that it’s freakin hot.

The fact is, No government has managed to make Pakistan a better place, I have seen zero improvements in Karachi since 2007.
 
My paternal family live in Landhi, I’ve been going to Karachi regularly since 2014, and I can tell you the exact timings of when the power goes. No electricity for most of the day, and at times no gas, and no clean water and on top of that it’s freakin hot.

The fact is, No government has managed to make Pakistan a better place, I have seen zero improvements in Karachi since 2007.

I guess your family will be voting for “bhutto” again? And by the way, this is a transmission issue like i mentioned earlier. Btw in Sindh, esp on interior side, people dont even pay bills..
 
Pmln are the best hands down in running pakistan

It's a shame the military keep overthrowing them and destabilising the situation when they are in government.

Until the pakistani people realise that the real enemy is pakistan army and stand with nawaz sharif to take bullets on the chest like the turkish people stood with Erdoğan when military tried a coup

Then there is no hope.

Khan may be a sincere person but he is a puppet and his whole cabinet is full of incompetent clowns.

Biggest problem is this military leadership /isi , biggest looters swindlers in pakistan haven't won one war against India and basically brainwashed whole society that India is gonna attack us and we are going to be invaded by hindu armies like their mouthpiece zaid hamid if that was the case why hasn't India invaded Bangladesh.

For 30 years we were so used to looters, thieves and corrupts , we miss them now. How come the current government has not been able to fix everything in long three years. ?

People who had connections with the corrupts of PML and PPP really miss them a lot and want them back, to hell with general public and future of the country.
 
I guess your family will be voting for “bhutto” again? And by the way, this is a transmission issue like i mentioned earlier. Btw in Sindh, esp on interior side, people dont even pay bills..

No, they don’t usually vote so their vote automatically goes to MQM somehow, but the last elections they voted PTI
 
For 30 years we were so used to looters, thieves and corrupts , we miss them now. How come the current government has not been able to fix everything in long three years. ?

People who had connections with the corrupts of PML and PPP really miss them a lot and want them back, to hell with general public and future of the country.

Sitting in USA, enjoying first world facilities and telling us that we miss the looters when the sitting govt is not just looting but also killing the public through loadshedding and insane inflation. LOL. Only NRPs (Non Resident Pakistanis) can do it.
 
For 30 years we were so used to looters, thieves and corrupts , we miss them now. How come the current government has not been able to fix everything in long three years. ?

People who had connections with the corrupts of PML and PPP really miss them a lot and want them back, to hell with general public and future of the country.

This current government is basically pmln and ppp lotas in the pti cabinet , imran khan has bought no tabdeeli its all a scam , its the same faces .

If he was sincere why did he let all these crooks fly abroad and together with his military masters have them shot by a firing squad that is what the awaam wanted . He failed to deliver no one was jailed and no money was bought back.

Instead him and military have trolled the nation and the inflation is really bad under this government which is what is making them unpopular alongside doing nothing of note for the majority of youth who need hitech skills training , education and most important of all jobs with a wage they can achieve things in life like a house car and get married and have kids.

People are finally waking up well the tribals and baloch have and to some extent the sindhis hence why you see insurgent attacks they know the real enemy is the military looters who will lay down and sell the country to foreigners as long as they get their cut .

For too longs it's been eldest son get him abroad or find a rishta in UK, get him pardes side and send money back so we can build Kotee , get corolla saloon and have enough money to get our ugly daughters married off somewhere. Tell me I'm wrong that this isn't the mindset of majority of Pakistani folk dreaming of sunny uplands abroad and putting burden on eldest sons who then have to work like dogs abroad with no self respect.

This can't carry on that long because even Europe and Middle East are now becoming anti immigrant and trying to stop this flow.of workers, so if you have so many idle young men around whats gonna happen, Syria is a good example .
 
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR/KARACHI: The menace of loadshedding swept across the country on Thursday, leaving homes and businesses in the dark as temperatures continued to rise ahead of a forecast heatwave.

Citizens complained of 6 to 10 hours of outages in urban areas, while those in rural parts of the country — including localities falling within the service area of high-loss feeders — witnessed 8 to 16 hours of loadshedding.
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No part of the country was spared the blackouts.

“Since Wednesday, the duration of loadshedding has gone up to eight hours or more in Lahore; four to six hours in the day and two to four hours at night,” deplored a resident of Lahore’s Johar Town locality.

Another citizen from Khanewal reported 12 to 14 hours of loadshedding on a daily basis.

From Sukkur division, residents complained that no one was even available to register their complaints. “It is becoming more terrible for people who are fasting,” he said.

Sources said the current gap in demand and supply was widening fast owing to a drop in power generation by thermal plants, brought on by a severe shortage of gas and other fuels.

“With increasing temperatures, the total shortfall is ranging between 7,000 to 8,000MW, and it may surge further if the hot and dry weather persists in the coming days,” a power official told Dawn.

He said that the demand on Lahore Electric Supply Company alone surged to 4,600MW at iftar time whereas supply was near 3,900MW.

Another official put the total power demand figure from the country (excluding Karachi) at 18,500MW in peak hours, while only 14,500MW were being supplied.

Twin cities

Even in the capital and the garrison city, there is no respite from the prolonged outages, with people complaining that life in the holy month of Ramazan had become very difficult for them under the circumstances.

Many are complaining of power outages at the peak times of sehri and iftar.

“Loadshedding is hitting us during the hot weather, and the government should realise that it is not possible to spend days and nights without electricity,” said Nauman Ahmed, a resident of Westridge Bazaar.

He told Dawn that the women of his household who were fasting were being put in a very difficult situation; there was no power to run kitchen appliances and they had to toil in the heat to prepare meals for sehri and iftar.

Aziz Ahmed, a tailor, said that the common people regularly paid electricity bills but they did not get electricity as per their requirement. “We failed to give stitched suits to the customers on time. The frequent power cuts made difficult to do work,” he said.

However, IESCO officials said that they were studying the power load management at different times in most parts of the region, mainly due to the rapid increase in demand for electricity due to rising temperatures and the temporary difference in demand and supply of electricity.

IESCO officials claimed they were in touch with the concerned formations and uninterrupted supply of electricity to consumers will be started as soon as they overcome the present situation.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Large parts of provincial capital and its adjoining districts are also facing hours-long power outages.

Abdul Qadir, a resident of Gulshan Colony said that their power supply was good till the heat wave kicked it. “The loadshedding has jumped more than 14 hours for past two days,” he said. He said that it was particularly difficult at sehri and iftar timings. He said that prolonged shedding was also causing gas outages as many people were running gas generators.

In addition to this, Charsadda, Nowshera and Khyber were also facing prolonged power cuts during the Ramzan. In many of the areas, people complain of load shedding in excess of 15 hours per day.

Karachi and Sindh

Citizens of Karachi did not have any relief either as K-Electric on Thursday piled miseries on consumers by announcing two-hour loadshedding in specific areas of the city.

A spokesman for the power utility said: “KE’s production capacity is also being affected due to a shortage of fuel. To manage the situation, 2 hours of load management is being undertaken. The situation is expected to improve following a decrease in commercial activity during Eid.”

According to the new schedule, different localities of the city will face a two-hour loadsheding ahead of Eidul Fitr in addition to the routine power outages.

Balochistan

Like other parts of the country, Balochistan is also facing acute shortage of power supply, causing long load-shedding across the province while temperature was increasing with passing of everyday. The Provincial capital Quetta was facing 6 to 8 hours lad-shedding while in the people were getting power supply 6 to 8 hours.

Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) officials told Dawn that the district headquarters in Balochistan were facing 12 to 14 hours load shedding due to shortfall of power production.

Published in Dawn, April 29th, 2022
 
Pakistan Cities Suffer From Load Shedding Of More Than 8 Hours Amid Heatwave

Pakistanis living in rural areas of the country were forced to spend more than 8 to 16 hours in sweltering heat as loadshedding swept across the country. The power shortage comes at a time when a heatwave is predicted in the nation. According to a report by news agency Dawn, people living in urban areas of the nation complained of 6 to 10 hours of outages.

Lahore on Thursday suffered from power cuts of more than eight hours. The power cuts ranged from four to six hours in the day and two to four hours at night, a resident told news agency Dawn. Locals in rural Khanewal said that they have been experiencing longer power cuts for more than a week. People have pointed out that it is hard for them as the majority of citizens are fasting.

People familiar with the developments told the Pakistani news agency that the power cuts were caused due to drop in power generation by thermal plants caused due to shortage of gas and other fuels.

“With increasing temperatures, the total shortfall is ranging between 7,000 to 8,000MW, and it may surge further if the hot and dry weather persists in the coming days,” people mentioned above told the news agency.

The demand during the iftar hours at the Lahore Electric Supply Company rose to 4,600 MW while the supply was near 3,900MW. In case of the entire nation, Pakistan (barring the city of Karachi) is 18,500MW in peak hours while the supply was 14,500MW.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was another region which was suffering from long power outages. Residents say that it is hard to prepare meals amid the power cuts and businesses complain of being unable to meet deadlines due to the power crisis. The situation is only exacerbated due to rising temperatures and the heatwaves affecting Pakistan and northwest India. Karachi’s electricity providers said that they will continue with loadshedding in select areas of the city to meet the demand and supply gap. Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) also said that they resorted to power outages to meet the increasing demand in power.

https://www.news18.com/news/world/p...-more-than-8-hours-amid-heatwave-5082559.html
 
ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said Monday the government was "sorry" for the ongoing electricity loadshedding in the country and vowed to fix the issue in the coming days.

In a press conference flanked by federal ministers, Abbasi said the government needed time to rectify the power shortage as the country was producing 21,000 megawatts and there was a shortfall of 4,000 megawatts.

As a result of the shortfall, the authorities had to opt for a four-hour loadshedding across the country, the ex-prime minister said.

Abbasi said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting today in this regard and decided to reduce loadshedding to 3.5 hours, adding that additional funds have been released to facilitate power providers.

In the next phase, when coal is imported, loadshedding will move below three hours by June 16, Abbasi said, adding that from June 30, the power outages will be in between 1.5-2 hours only.

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Electricity shortfall in Pakistan has reached 6500 along with power outages of upto eight hours in the country, despite an announcement from the government to bring down loadshedding to three and a half hours, ARY NEWS reported.

According to sources in the power division, the demand for electricity peaked at 28,000 MW against the available supply of 22,000 MW, bringing the shortfall to 6500 MW.

They said that some of the urban centres and rural areas are experiencing loadshedding between six to eight hours, contrary to the government’s claim of reducing the duration.


Moreover, the electricity quota of LESCO has been raised to 5000 MW against an existing demand of 5,700 MW, resulting in a shortfall of 700 MW. The LESCO has issued a loadshedding duration of a three-and-a-half-hour.

Meanwhile, the sources shared that an improvement in supply of gas, and furnace oil have been witnessed to the power plants and the duration of loadshedding will be reduced in the coming days.

It is pertinent to mention here that former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has announced that the power loadshedding would be reduced to 3.5 hours from Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad flanked by federal ministers, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the country’s electricity demand has exceeded 25,000MW.

He pointed out that when the current government assumed charge, the electricity generation capacity was at 17,000MW which was increased to more than 21,000MW.

Previously, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had directed the power authorities to limit loadshedding across the country to two hours, warning that he wanted results not explanations over the matter.
 
Thoughts & prayers with those in Pakistan suffering from extreme heatwaves & without electricity for hours daily. Not only chors but evil people who are forcing people to suffer .
 
It's loadshedding Reborn 2022 limited edition a catastrophe you go to any shop they are ruined because there is no electricity with soaring oil prices nobody specially the small business cannot afford generator, the tailors, washers, barbers, salon mechanic tyre shop all are failing to run their business's due to this calamity
 
PDM must be really confident about being able to successfully rig the future elections with Establishment help that they don't give a **** about the anger at the streets over load shedding, inflation and incompetence, mismanagement and ghoonda gardi.
 
Electricity shortfall in Pakistan has reached 6500 along with power outages of upto eight hours in the country, despite an announcement from the government to bring down loadshedding to three and a half hours, ARY NEWS reported.

According to sources in the power division, the demand for electricity peaked at 28,000 MW against the available supply of 22,000 MW, bringing the shortfall to 6500 MW.

They said that some of the urban centres and rural areas are experiencing loadshedding between six to eight hours, contrary to the government’s claim of reducing the duration.


Moreover, the electricity quota of LESCO has been raised to 5000 MW against an existing demand of 5,700 MW, resulting in a shortfall of 700 MW. The LESCO has issued a loadshedding duration of a three-and-a-half-hour.

Meanwhile, the sources shared that an improvement in supply of gas, and furnace oil have been witnessed to the power plants and the duration of loadshedding will be reduced in the coming days.

It is pertinent to mention here that former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has announced that the power loadshedding would be reduced to 3.5 hours from Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad flanked by federal ministers, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the country’s electricity demand has exceeded 25,000MW.

He pointed out that when the current government assumed charge, the electricity generation capacity was at 17,000MW which was increased to more than 21,000MW.

Previously, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had directed the power authorities to limit loadshedding across the country to two hours, warning that he wanted results not explanations over the matter.

I am sure Shahid no Shalwar Abbasi said it would be down to 3.5 hrs a day.
 
PDM must be really confident about being able to successfully rig the future elections with Establishment help that they don't give a **** about the anger at the streets over load shedding, inflation and incompetence, mismanagement and ghoonda gardi.

We are under Martial Law and the Generals are in control of a criminal.
 
Instead of beating up senior citizens in hotels, pmln and ppp can return the looted money of Pakistan to erase the crisis as that is the scale of their looting, plus that money was never theirs to begin with.
 
Instead of beating up senior citizens in hotels, pmln and ppp can return the looted money of Pakistan to erase the crisis as that is the scale of their looting, plus that money was never theirs to begin with.

These baighairuts don’t care about Pakistan’s national economy crisis.

They are simply trying to sell whatever assets of the country left, to get more loans and continue with the looting spree soon as those loaned dollars land into the govt’s account.

This is what it’s all about.

Did you notice they don’t care about the scale of a miserable effect that the poor people will feel with such high inflation on food and petrol prices? They are hellbent to agree to whatever IMF says, just to get those loaned dollars arrive into the govt’s account and they will hog on it like pigs. This is what it’s all about.

IK worked hard to pinch every national penny and left $20 Billion in reserves - these imbeciles reduce it to $9 Billion in the first 50 days.


Currently, Pakistan is the ONLY country in the world that has a cabinet of 60% wanted criminals.
And you think they care about Pakistan’s economic crisis or the general public that is crushed by the inflation? Not in a million years.
 
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Karachiites hold protests against loadshedding

KARACHI: Citizens took to the streets to protest against unscheduled and prolonged loadshedding in different areas of the city. Several areas have been facing the worst power outages including Hijrat Colony, Sultanabad, Nazimabad, Gulistan-e-Johar and others.

Electricity consumers of Hijrat Colony and Sultanabad blocked PIDC bridge and MT Khan Road to protest against the prolonged loadshedding. The protestors raised slogans against the government and K-Electric.

https://www.brecorder.com/news/40182915/karachiites-hold-protests-against-loadshedding
 
The situation is terrible. It is the worst phase of load-shedding in years.

PTI is truly the most incompetent government in Pakistan history. They have destroyed each and every department and institution.

How’d you like them apples now?
 
He will never reply or if he does it will be full of nonsense..ignore him..

The truth is anyone with half a brain can see that this g0v is useless..unfortunately many have half brains..

Some of them have half brains in our public yes, but many of them are just as corrupt and haram khores as their PDM leaders.
 
<b>Woman killed as Karachi residents protest hours-long outages</b>

<I>Police say woman died natural death; several localities facing water shortages due to prolonged outages</I>

KARACHI: A 60-year-old woman reportedly died in Karachi’s Mauripur area on Tuesday following police action at a protest against hours-long load-shedding in the city.

The woman was identified as Meeran Bibi, wife of Abdul Karim. She was a resident of Hingorabad.

However, police denied that the woman died as a result of police brutality against the protesters.

SSP City said the deceased was aged 70 and died a natural death.

“Negotiations are underway for the autopsy of the deceased,” they added.

The police officer said K-Electric should be booked for the death of the elderly woman and added that the protesters were out on the roads as they did not have power for the last 12 hours.

“Police have footage of the incident,” he said, adding that people should not pay heed to “baseless rumours”.

Express News reported that protesters hurled rocks at the police and the cops retaliated with tear gas and baton charge.

They also arrested several protesters after the failure of talks between the two sides.

Due to the power outages, residents took to the streets and blocked roads in Liaquatabad, Jahangirabad, Nazimabad, PIB Colony, Korangi Town, Ilyas Goth, Landhi Future More, Korangi Allahwala Town localities which resulted in massive gridlocks across the city.

Similarly, people are stuck in traffic jams on Mauripur Road, Hub River Road, RCD Highway, Mai Kolachi Road and Boat Basin.

A spokesperson for the traffic police said that unless an official of K-E talked to the protesters and the utility restores their power supply, it would be difficult to disperse the protesters.

Due to excessive outages, people are also facing water shortages.

Residents said they were given power for an hour after facing two-hour of outages.

In several areas, there has been no electricity for up to six hours.

In Baldia Ittehad Town, Qaimkhani Colony, Gulshan Ghazi, Gulshan Areesha, Scheme 33 Garden, Malir, Rizwan Society, Korangi Ilyas Goth, Burns Road, City Railways Colony, and Nusrat Bhutto Colony, people are facing load-shedding from 11pm to 1am and 4 am to 7 am.

They said that there was no timing for unannounced load-shedding.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2363715/woman-killed-as-karachi-residents-protest-hours-long-outages
 
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday expressed satisfaction over functioning of 720MW Karot Hydel Project and pledged to overcome the electricity generation crisis in the country by restoring all halted power projects.

In a tweet, the prime minister said the Karot project was the first hydel project established under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

He expressed gratitude to the Chinese government for cooperation in the execution of project.

Later, presiding over a meeting to review measures to end outages, he said ending loadshedding was the responsibility of the coalition government.

He said the government was focused on taking effective measures to ensure uninterrupted supply of electricity to people.

Mr Sharif said the government was cognisant of the problems being faced by the people during the high temperatures, adding that every effort would be made to address the power shortfall immediately.

The prime minister said that the lack of maintenance of power plants during the tenure of the previous government resulted in the power shortage. He said quashing the deal with Qatar for supply of LNG was a big mistake committed by the previous government.

PM Sharif said that despite commitment, the revolving account was not opened with China.

Published in Dawn, July 2nd, 2022
 
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