KARACHI – The prolonged loadshedding has been causing difficulties forpublic to perform their daily chores, especially during sehri and iftartimes.
Amid hot weather, Pakistanis have been suffering 8 to 15 hours of scheduledand unscheduled power outages on a daily basis across the country.
Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Quetta, Swat, Multan, Badin and thecountry’s other cities have witnessed the outages.
The Power Division said the country has been producing 17,000 megawatts ofelectricity while the demand has increased up to 19,000 megawatts. Duringthe afternoon and evening timings, the demand went up to 21,000 megawatts.
Several areas of Karachi experienced outages up to 15 hours. Theloadshedding-exempted areas of the city also witnessed the outages, whilethe loadshedding duration in different areas has been increased from eightto 15 hours.
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The spokesperson for K-Electric said that the power supply had beendisrupted due to the shortage of 300 megawatts from the national grid.
Meanwhile, Punjab’s urban areas experienced eight to nine hours ofloadshedding, while the rural areas witnessed 10 to 12 hours ofloadshedding.
