Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami to hold nationwide strike on Sept 2

In response to growing public criticism, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) agreed on Sunday to stage a nationwide strike against...

Pak caretaker PM holds meeting over inflated electricity bills 

Amid country-wide protests over inflated power bills, Pakistan Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar held an...

Protests held in Gilgit-Baltistan's Skardu due to power outages

The Awami Action Committee (AAC) held protest demonstrations in Skardu town of Gilgit-Baltistan as power outages...

Pakistan: Power consumers to pay more from July

In a bid to meet the conditions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Pak government has decided to increase...

Pakistan suffers nationwide power outage

Amid the heavy monsoon rains splashing over the different regions of Pakistan, nationwide power outages have...

Amid soaring temperatures, Pakistanis suffer power outages

Amid soaring temperatures, Pakistanis are suffering load shedding and prolonged power outages, according to Dawn.

People in Pakistan's Punjab brave prolonged power outages

The massive damage to transformers due to an overloaded power transmission and distribution system caused a huge...

Pak: People face power outages spanning up to 14 hours per day

People in Pakistan have to face multifaceted chronic problems when it comes to power supply. Their suffering...

Pak: Residents threaten to besiege grid station over power outage

The residents said that with each passing day, the duration of power load-shedding was being increased. They also...

Pakistan: Load-shedding affecting busineses in Balochistan

Load-shedding, spanning 18 hours, has made it impossible for people to carry out their work in Balochistan, as per...

Pakistan: Traders hold shutter-down strike

Chairman of the Shinkiari Traders' Association Alamgir Shah, said: "Our businesses are already suffering from record...

Pakistan: People protest against prolonged power load-shedding

According to Dawn, the protesters blocked the main Peshawar-Bajaur road in front of Ghalanai grid station. They...