Islamabad- PML-N government has decided to take back 350mw from Karachi Electric Supply Company's (KESC) while Water & Power Ministry has further instructed the power utility (KESC) to present alternate solution till Tuesday (today). Earlier, the Council of Common Interests (CCI) at the end of ...

ISLAMBASD - Ahmad Ahmadani - National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), jacking up the power tariff of Karachi Electric Power Supply Company Limited (KESCL), has increased its per unit price up to Rs1.82 under the head of monthly fuel charges adjustment.Nepra conducted its hearing on ...

Islamabad -The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority has summoned a hearing on Tuesday (today) against the complaints of ‘planned excessive billing’ to gobble millions of hard earned rupees of Karachitis over being consumers of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC). The KESC is ...

KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Hussain Mehanti flayed the government Thursday for increasing General Sales Tax by 1per cent and termed the decision as an extra burden on the masses.He said the interim government took the step under an intention to present a mini budget, as it has failed ...

Lahore - Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) – a joint venture of Engro Powergen Limited (EPL) and government of Sindh, for purchasing power from SECMC’s 600MW mine mouth power plant at Thar Block ...

islamabad -  ahmad ahmadani - There seems no respite from spiraling up power outages, as government does not have funds to release KESC’s outstanding dues of Rs 71 billion while power utility has warned of massive power loadshedding in the port city of Karachi, parts of interior Sindh ...

karachi - Long-hours loadshedding in different industrial areas of the metropolis without any prior notice has badly hampered the trading activity just because of the negligence of Karachi Electric Supply Company.These was stated in a joint statement of town & industrial associations of Karachi ...

karachi - Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has made an urgent SOS call to the Federal and provincial Governments for release of payments against government dues of Rs71 billion. In a distressed message sent to the government, KESC has said that the power utility is facing a severe liquidity ...

ISLAMABAD - KESC qualified for the final of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-II 2012-13 on the first innings lead basis against Omar Associates in the semi-final played here at Pindi Cricket Stadium on Friday. Earlier, KESC resumed their first innings at the overnight score of 116-3 in 36 overs and ...

karachi - Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has alleged that NEPRA without considering KW&SB as the public service institution had given a verdict in favour of private commercial company, KESC and allowed the commercial tariff of electricity charges from the water board. In a statement, MD ...

KARACHI -  The Karachi Electric Supply Company has asked the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation to conserve electricity by efficiently managing the operational timings of lights in streets and parks. It has been noticed that most of the lights remain switched on in streets, parks and playgrounds ...

KARACHI – Inefficiency of previous government has taken the electricity bill of various government educational institutions, running under Directorate of Colleges (Central), Directorate of Technical Colleges and Professional Colleges, to Rs37,922,739, causing power cuts to various ...

KARACHI - Karachi Electric Supply Company has received prestigious Energy Leaders Award 2013 for best practices in energy conservation, energy efficiency and implementation of efficient practices during the year 2012.KESC received the award at a national energy leader’s summit organised by ...

KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company has sent defaulters list to NAB for recovery of over Rs64 billion debts though the company itself is defaulter of over Rs270 billion.Sources disclosed that the KESC had been ignoring to pay the various organisations for a long time and the default ...

KARACHI  - The Pakistan Textile City and Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) on Wednesday signed an agreement for 50MW uninterrupted power supply.A statement said that the agreement was signed by Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, Chairman Pakistan Textile City, and Managing Director of KESC, ...

KARACHI (APP) - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has dedicated an exclusive feeder to Lyari General Hospital and exempted the hospital from loadshedding under its Corporate Social Responsibility Programme for the benefit of patients.A statement on Wednesday said that the KESC has been ...

KARACHI - Karachi Electric Supply Company has proposed to the Defence Housing Authority to insert energy conservation guidelines as a mandatory clause for adherence in its bylaws. The core objective behind this suggestion is to transform all developing/under construction residential projects ...

KARACHI - Karachi Electric Supply Company has suspended service to four PMTs in Malir area where the defaulting consumers have reached to 60 per cent with merely 25 per cent payment ratio. In addition to the non-paying attitude, conductor theft has also been rampant in the vicinity. On Monday, ...

KARACHI - Two goals in four minutes from M Rasool helped KESC beat Pakistan Army 2-1 in Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) here at KPT football stadium on Tuesday. M Rasool scored in 69th and 73rd minute first to level the game and then got lead as earlier Ansar Abbas had scored in 36th ...

ISLAMABAD - AHMAD AHMADANI - Ministry of Water and Power has now decided to strike a lucrative deal with Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) under which billions rupees worth furnace oil and subsidy would be provided to company over withdrawal of 350MW electricity.Interestingly, the Council of ...

ISLAMABAD - Finance Ministry has written a letter to Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) demanding payment of an outstanding sum of around Rs 295 million to cash starved Pakistan Television Corporation on account of TV licence fee. The licence fee is collected for PTV through monthly electricity ...

KARACHI - KESC held PIA to one-all draw in the 9th Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) here at the KPT football ground on Saturday. The airlines took the lead in the 21st minute through Nasarullah and Abdul Salam equalized for the power company in the 46th minute.

LAHORE - The business community Saturday fully endorsed and backed the Council of Common Interest’s decision that power supply to the national grid should be increased.They said that the trade and industry had already been facing hardships due to power crisis and consequences of the KCCI ...

KARACHI - Karachi Electric Supply Company has confirmed receiving investment of $25 million each, from International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Asian Development Bank (ADB), which now makes these two multilateral agencies equity holders in KESC.IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and ADB have ...

ISLAMABAD - The electricity consumers of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) should get ready to bear an electric blow as the company has requested the regulatory authority to approve a hike of Re 0.46 per unit in the price of electricity.The company has submitted a plea requesting the National ...

KARACHI (PR) – Karachi Electric Supply Company, to promote social entrepreneurship as means to sustainable development, held second session of Thought Leadership Forum entitled: “Social Entrepreneurship and its Impact on Sustainable Development.” KESC’s CEO. Tabish Gauhar, ...

KARACHI (PR) - To promote social entrepreneurship as a means to sustainable development, Karachi Electric Supply Company held the second session of the Thought Leadership Forum titled: “Social Entrepreneurship and its Impact on Sustainable Development.”KESC’s CEO Tabish Gauhar, in ...

ISLAMABAD - AHMAD AHMADANI - ‘Determined’ to ‘thwart’ Nepra’s ‘deadly attack’, mighty bigwigs at the KESC have terminated Deputy General Manager (DGM) Distribution & Finance Muhammad Shoaib Siddiqui from the service, only to save their ugly thick skins, ...

KARACHI – The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) and Aman Foundation in pursuance of their combined efforts to establish green energy projects have taken a lead role in setting up a renewable energy venture ‘Karachi Organic Energy Ltd’. KOEL, a joint venture between KESC ...

KARACHI  - Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) Sunday announced that it has secured a level ‘A’ rating from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) for its Integrated Sustainability Report for the year 2012.  It said this made KESC the first organisation in the country to ...