Naveed Qamar declares Power crisis as national issue Islamabad: (Thursday, May 10, 2012) Federal Minister for Water and Power Naveed Qamar claimed here today that unannounced loadshedding will end within 24 hours. Sharing details of the ongoing energy crisis that has engulfed the entire country and that is particularly affecting Punjab, the federal minister said […]
May 10 2012 | Posted in
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Apparently this summer will not be worth remembering, as people across the Punjab province have been compelled to take to the streets in simmering anger against record-breaking loadshedding. The electricity shows up quite rarely in many areas of the country, particularly in Punjab, ever since the mercury shot up in the last one week. The […]
May 10 2012 | Posted in
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Angry protesters turn violent as loadshedding worsens in Punjab The protests in Punjab are spreading across province as the loadshedding gets worse. Started well before a week, violent demonstrations engulfed Lahore, Faisalabad Sargodha and other major cities today. In Sargodha, that was reported to remain less agitated over past few days, demonstrators resorted to vandalism […]
No ending to loadshedding; protests continue in Faisalabad Faisalabad: (Tuesday, March 27, 2012) Despite strict notice by the President Asif Ali Zardari and a stern warning by PM Gilani to end loadshedding within 24-hours yesterday, the electricity remained out of reach for most of cities of Punjab even today. The angry crowd at various cities, […]
Mar 27 2012 | Posted in
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PML-N decides to take side with people on loadshedding Islamabad: (Monday, March 26, 2012) Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) after expressing a submissive attitude before the Pakistan Peoples’ Party, has finally decided to take sides with the common people of Pakistan as it has announced to protest the prolonged loadshedding with the people. Protests will […]
Mar 26 2012 | Posted in
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New oil discoveries can prove to be fruitful – Pakistan oil and gas sector update Ministry for Petroleum and Natural Resources assured that per day production of gas would be increased 800 million cubic feet by the month of September. The ministry also said that 38 new reservoirs of oil and gas have been discovered […]
Mar 21 2012 | Posted in
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Incensed by prolonged loadshedding, the people are not happy with their leaders. The bitter truth is better than a string of lies that build false hopes among the masses. Additionally such lies only reduce credibility of the government and further disappoint people when come from sitting ministers and representatives of the government. In the latest […]
In a recent statement officials announced the end of load shedding, and in Islamabad at least that seems to be case. Why then is no one enjoying the uninterrupted flow of electricity? Load shedding during the summer season can be compared to torturing someone by showing his a swimming pool that does not have any […]
Feb 8 2012 | Posted in
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Load-shedding to end on Tuesday: Naveed Qamar Islamabad: (Monday, February 06, 2012) Federal Minister for Water and Power, Naveed Qamar said today that there will be no load-shedding in the country from Tuesday onwards. Qamar, who was responding to a call attention notice in the National Assembly’s session, while claiming that the government has succeeded […]
Rolling blackouts may have damaging effects on the economy of the country, yet it affects everyone’s personal life as well in a number of ways, one of which is gaming. While many, myself included, will be of the opinion that the effects of load-shedding on the minority of the country’s population who play video games. […]
Jan 23 2012 | Posted in
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Perhaps, Pakistan is marked with load shedding. Day in day out, there is load shedding—-be it sui gas, electricity or CNG. This country is hell of crises. But the problem is that these predicaments only affect the lower class of the society while the middle manages to survive and the upper one does not even […]
Jan 22 2012 | Posted in
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Present confrontation between the political parties and the military institutions has created an air of uncertainty in the business sector and the traders are started to get afraid from worsening circumstances. Businessmen and industrialists are foreseeing the drastic outcomes of the current political confrontation and believe that such scenario’s can be very harmful for the […]
Jan 14 2012 | Posted in
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