Amid the huge gap between the demand and supply of electricity in Pakistan and low foreign reserves, Islamabad, faced with a dire situation has advised its citizens to normalise power consumption, according to a report.
On December 31 and January 1, Gilgit Baltistan Youth Committee organised the protest as the people in the illegally occupied region of Gilgit-Baltistan have been facing a severe power crisis with up to 21 hours of power cuts, causing problems for all businesses and institutes.
Four children in the Ambikapur Medical College in Chhattisgarh lost their lives allegedly due to a power cut for four hours. The State Health Minister has announced a probe into the matter.
Although the Russian forces have withdrawn from the city of Kherson, the people of the city are still left struggling for food, water, and medicines, at the same time also suffering from power cuts.
Almost 80 per cent of Kyiv residents on Monday faced power outage and water cuts as Russian missiles struck key infrastructure facilities in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and the central region of Cherkasy.
Karachi [Pakistan], August 6 (ANI): Power outages piled up misery in Pakistan's Karachi in scorching heat as the main power provider of the city failed to meet its electricity consumption needs.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 5 (ANI): Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday that she was considering introducing area-based load shedding for a specific time in order to save fuel for power generation.
Balochistan [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Farmers of Balochistan announced the closure of the Quetta-Karachi highway on July 4 against prolonged load shedding in the province by Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) and termed the unannounced power cuts the "economic murder of farmers", reporte
Karachi [Pakistan], June 29 (ANI): The protest against load shedding in Karachi, which continued for more than a day, ended on Tuesday evening after the protesters decided to disperse and return to their homes.