Karachiites breathed a sigh of relief when it was announced that a rain system over Madhya Pradesh was heading towards the city of Karachi and heavy rains were expected for the next couple of days. Now call it more of a norm in Pakistan, that the predictions put out by the institutions is hardly believed [...]
The power supply continues to become a rare luxury by each passing day as summers look to their zenith. With an ever-increasing number of off-hours, the trend seems to be tipping the strenuous end, creating a hell for the masses in the 50-somethings centigrade. While at one side, loadshedding occurs at the pretext of excessive [...]
Since the KESC has been privatized, the power situation in the city of Karachi, has worsened. Yes it is true that the private company had to take over the mess by the state run KESC but it never seemed to have fulfilled its promises.
The karachiites had faced the same electricity problems and inspite of that, [...]
With soaring temperatures, humidity and increasing losses in their businesses, traders, teachers, students and local residents took to the streets in protest against the Pakistan Electric Power Supply Company (Pepco) and the Pakistani government due to extreme cases of power outages. They erupted into clashes, smashing furniture and private & public property, including a train [...]
The outrage at the outage of power in the megapolis of Pakistan, Karachi has touching the climax of public wratch. Karachiites have become extremely traumatized by persistent power outage and they are now on the roads cursing government and it’s mismanagement and also to those elements who are not paying bills on the political basis [...]
Load shedding in Pakistan has become one of the major issues like inflation,unemployment,child labour, suicide bomb-blast, illiteracy and last but not least political instability.This issue or problem has made his way in the country due to irresponsible government leaders and unawareness of nation.
The amazing fact regarding the lives and daily routines of poor and patient [...]
Darkness has become the fate of Pakistanis. Power breakdowns, load-shedding, power-shedding and the hide n seek of electricity have become the part of routine Pakistani lives. Nobody is taking appraisals of the worsening power crisis, and instead the ruling party’s leaders are pointing fingers at the opposition for the violent protests staged by the [...]
Though the government circles and the management of electric supply companies are vehemently denying this news that they have been ordered to over bill the consumers, the bills of this month speak for themselves. Due to intense load-shedding people are hardly getting any electricity and yet the bills of a common household have passed any [...]
Coal has always been a dirty four-letter word in our power vocabulary. Reluctantly and only recently, have the policy makers been forced to look at indigenous coal as a serious power generation option. Contrary to popular perception, coal not oil is the single largest source of global energy.
Of late gas fired power generation is also [...]
