ISLAMABAD – The federal government has announced reducing the period ofscheduled electricity outages to three and half hours from today, incontrast to the fact that shortfall has surged to 6,000 megawatts due toincreasing demand in the country.
Reports said that the federal capital is witnessing eight hoursloadshedding while blackouts in major cities including Karachi werereaching around 14 hours.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, a senior leader of PML-N and close aide of PrimeMinister Shehbaz Sharif, said that power generation capacity had beenincreased by 4,000MW to 21,000MW while the demand had exceeded 25,000MWduring the summer.
He claimed that the shortfall of electricity stood at 4,000MW and hopedthat the loadshedding will be reduced to 3.5 hours from Tuesday (today). Hesaid that the duration will be further reduced by the end June.
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But the ground reality contradicts Abbasi’s claims as the electricityshortfall in the country has been recorded at 6,000MW.
People in different areas of Karachi are facing 19 hours power outage,adding that the blackouts also have adverse impact on industrial productionin Faisalabad.
