ISLAMABAD – Six-hour electricity load-shedding in urban areas and ten-hour outages in rural areas is being observed as power shortfall has struck to 4000 MW.
Water and Power Ministry spokesman on Saturday said that the government is having storage of furnace oil only for eight days, whereas on the other hand, National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) Spokesman said that the gas supply to Uch Power Stations has been assured as a result of which, 950 megawatts energy produced from these stations is continuously being added to the system. NTDC told that Pakistan is producing only 9000 megawatts of power causing the power outrage at serious level.
The officials further revealed that a ship carrying 50,000 metric tons of furnace oil will reach the port today (Sunday), whereas the other one was likely to arrive at the Karachi port on January 27. According to the spokesman, only efficient power pl
