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Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami to hold nationwide strike against power tariff h
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In response to growing public criticism, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) agreed on Sunday to stage a nationwide strike against rising electricity rates on September 2, ARY News reported.
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Pakistan caretaker PM Kakar holds emergency meeting over inflated electric
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Amid country-wide protests over inflated power bills, Pakistan Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar held an emergency meeting on Sunday over the rising issue of electricity rates and inflated consumer bills, reported Dawn.
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Pakistan: Protests held against frequent power outages in Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Awami Action Committee (AAC) held protest demonstrations in Skardu town of Gilgit-Baltistan as power outages have become a regular affair in the region.
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Pakistan: Power consumers to pay more from July as govt increases peak hou
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In a bid to meet the conditions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Pak government has decided to increase the duration of electricity's peak hours, burning a hole in the pockets of power consumers, reported Daily Pakistan.
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Pakistan suffers nationwide power outage amid heavy rains
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Amid the heavy monsoon rains splashing over the different regions of Pakistan, nationwide power outages have averaged around 10 to 12 hours a day on Friday, according to The Express Tribune.
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Amid soaring temperatures, Pakistanis suffer load shedding, prolonged powe
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Amid soaring temperatures, Pakistanis are suffering load shedding and prolonged power outages, according to Dawn.
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People in Pakistan's Punjab brave prolonged power outages
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The massive damage to transformers due to an overloaded power transmission and distribution system caused a huge financial loss to several power distribution companies (Discos), especially the Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco), in Punjab, according to official sources.
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People in Pakistan face power outages spanning up to 14 hours per day: Rep
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
People in Pakistan have to face multifaceted chronic problems when it comes to power supply. Their suffering continues unabated in the winter and summer seasons.
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Pak: Residents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa threaten to besiege grid station over
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The residents said that with each passing day, the duration of power load-shedding was being increased. They also alleged that the supply of electricity to several localities in the district was suspended.
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Pakistan: Load-shedding affecting business of people in Balochistan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Load-shedding, spanning 18 hours, has made it impossible for people to carry out their work in Balochistan, as per the news report. With the ongoing power outages in Balochistan, tailors have not been able to stitch clothes, while Ramzan is the most important month for them to earn money.
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Pakistan: Traders hold shutter-down strike in response to prolonged, unsch
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Chairman of the Shinkiari Traders' Association Alamgir Shah, said: "Our businesses are already suffering from record inflation and are badly hit by the daylong load-shedding as well to our misery."
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Pakistan: People protest against prolonged power load-shedding
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to Dawn, the protesters blocked the main Peshawar-Bajaur road in front of Ghalanai grid station. They complained that the duration of power load shedding in rural areas was increased up to 23 hours per day during the past few months.
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