SHC Questions K-Electric Over Long Power Outages in Karachi KARACHI – The Sindh High Court (SHC) has asked serious questions about unannounced load shedding in Karachi. The court was hearing a petition filed by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), which said people in Karachi suffer long power outages every day. Some areas are facing 12 to 18 hours […]
Residents of Karachi are enduring up to 12 hours of load shedding daily in the sweltering summer heat, despite paying some of the highest electricity rates in the country. The combination of extreme temperatures and unannounced power outages has made life increasingly difficult for Karachiites. Speaking on the program Off the Record, Moonis Alvi admitted […]
As the annual Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exams commenced in Karachi, several centers, including those located in Jahangir Road, Jamshed Road, Lyari, Bin Qasim Town, and Orangi, experienced power outages lasting over 2.5 hours, nearly the entire duration of the examination. The outages left classrooms and exam halls without lights or fans, forcing students to […]
Balochistan, the country`s area-wise largest province of Pakistan, is faced with an electricity crisis in these flash floods. A power supply of 220kV has been stopped from Uch-Sibi transmission line to the province on Thursday, August 26 afternoon, the Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) spokesperson said. Due to the suspension of 220kV from the Sibbi […]
At least 25 children were shifted to hospital after they collapsed at their school. The reason was the extreme temperature and load shedding due to power breakdown in the federal capital on Wednesday. As a heat wave is sweeping through the part of the country; sporadic electricity cuts have deteriorated conditions at schools; which opened […]
Karachi’s sole power provide KE (K-Electric) announced about load shedding in Ramadan. On Thursday it was said that it would exempt 75% of the feeders. That providing electricity to the port city from load-shedding on the occasion of Ramadan. While the entire metropolis would not face power outages during Eid. The power utility added that […]
