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URL copied Image Source : AP People are silhouetted on vehicles headlights on a dark street during widespread power outages in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Pakistan's national power grid experienced a major breakdown late night on Saturday, leaving millions of people in darkness, local media reported. One of the worst power outages faced by Pakistan last week was caused due to poor maintenance and subsequent failure of the protection system in the national grid, the Dawn reported on Monday. The newspaper reported that senior officers held det...

NEPRA decides to form committee to investigate power breakdown   Published On The committee will include prominent engineers from NEPRA and private sector. ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has decided to form a committee to investigate the massive power breakdown that plunged most of the country into darkness in early hours of Sunday. As per details, the committee will include prominent engineers from the regulator as well as private sector. The committee will investigate the reasons behind the breakdown. On the other hand, National Transmission...

January 11, 2021 ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI: The National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) has constituted a four-member inquiry committee to look into facts/causes of collapse of power system late Saturday night, which plunged most of the country into dark. According to the NTDC notification, the committee includes GM North Malik Javeed Mehmood, GM technical NTDC Ghulam Abbas Memon, CE NTDC Atif Mujeeb Usmani and Chief Engineer (Network) NPCC Sajjad Akhtar. Malik Javed Mehmood would be convener of the committee, while the other three would be its members. The committee would probe i...

Failure of load safeguard system led to Pakistan power outage, say experts By A massive power outage was reported late Saturday night from several cities across Pakistan. Photo: AFP Improper maintenance of transmission lines, load safeguard system failure responsible for major power outage, say technical experts NTDC constitutes panel to investigate what happened Technical experts explain importance of having spinning reserves as an alternative ISLAMABAD: The countrywide power outage in Pakistan Saturday night was because of improper maintenance of transmission lines (TLs) and a failure of ...

PM agrees to increase power tariffs Electricity rates could go up by 25% or Rs3.34 per unit Load-shedding policy is causing a decrease in the sale of electricity from the available take-or-pay power plants and thus resulting in higher per unit cost of electricity. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has finally given the go-ahead to increase electricity prices aimed at fulfilling a major condition of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the revival of $6 billion programme that remained suspended for the last 10 months. The electricity prices could go up by 25% or Rs3.34 per...