November 23 2009

Pakistan: KESC admits to daily load shedding of three hours

The Karachi Electricity Supply Company (KESC) has admitted to daily load shedding of three hours.

As per details, a joint meeting of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Karachi Coordination Committee and the KESC was held on Sunday at the Chief Minister’s (CM) House with Sindh CM Syed Qaim Ali Shah in chair. Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf also attended the meeting.

Briefing the meeting, KESC CEO Tabish Gauhar said the utility was carrying out load shedding for three hours everyday, adding that there was also no load shedding on holidays as well as in the industrial areas and important healthcare centres.