Fourteen Hours Of Load Shedding Announced In Balochistan
QUETTA PAKISTAN : Fourteen hours of load shedding has been announced in various rural areas of a Balochistan province.
According to the report, KESCO Chief Shafiq Khattak said fourteen hours load shedding will be carried out in various rural areas of Balochistan.
He said KESCO was facing 858MW power shortfall and it required 1200MW power. Explosions of power transmission tower for the last three years have caused loss of Rs 200 million, he added.
Fourteen Hours Of Load Shedding Announced In Balochistan was first posted on March 19, 2010 at 3:12 pm.
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FIA Police Arrested Militant Commander In Karachi
KARACHI PAKISTAN : FIA police arrested Timar Girah’s militant commander Hassan Khan from Karachi.
Militant commander was arrested from Jamshed Town area of Karachi nine days before.
FIA Police Arrested Militant Commander In Karachi was first posted on March 19, 2010 at 5:28 pm.
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Power Crisis Has Worsened In The Country
ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN : The power crisis has worsened in the country as a fault developed at Guddu transmission line caused prolonged power shutdown in various districts of Baluchistan.
Unknown persons blew up a power transmission tower at Kolpur Dasht in Baluchistan causing power breakdown in Quetta and other districts of the province, power company Quesco officials said. The power supply to Qalat, Khuzdar, Mastung, Noshki, Kharan, Chaman, Ziarat, Qila Abdullah and adjoining area has also been suspended.
The tubewells in the area have also been closed due to the power supply disruption.
The repair of the tower will take at least 12 hours, the company officials said.
An angry mob protested against unannounced load shedding before KESC complaint centre at Gulshan Hadeed phase II in Karachi. The infuriated protesters tried to break the gate to enter forcefully in the office and thrown burnt tyres at the complaint centre.
The police reached to the office and held talks with the protesters who later dispersed from the area.
Power Crisis Has Worsened In The Country was first posted on March 19, 2010 at 5:37 pm.
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