Experts calls for reforms to fix Pakistan’s energy sector
KARACHI: Experts have called for institutional reforms to address excess power demand, rising electricity prices, and the influx of redistributed solar energy. They called for effective policies to ensure affordability, efficiency and sustainability in the power sector to address energy crisis and environmental challenges. This was discussed during a webinar titled, “Future of Pakistan’s Energy Sector”...
‘Kunda’ connections affect consumers, cause economic deterioration
Mehfooz Pakistan organizes webinar on safety implications of kunda connections Power theft affect paying consumers, makes industries uncompetitive Communities-based solutions and policies essential to address crisis Power theft, particularly through the ‘kunda’ system, is a pervasive issue across Pakistan that disproportionately affects consumers and the economy. Experts have called for community-based solutions and implementing effective...
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ISLAMABAD: At least four children lost their lives in two separate tragic incidents involving electrocution and drowning in Islamabad. In the first incident, two children were electrocuted when the when they inadvertently touched an electricity generator in Sector F-11/2 during rain. The victims were identified as 8-year-old Ghulam and 5-year-old Waqas. In another incident, two drowned in...
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TOBA TEK SINGH: Three persons were electrocuted while others were injured while erecting a tent in Toba Tek Singh district of Punjab province. The incident occurred when an iron rod came into contact with a live wire while erecting a tent at Sasta Bazaar in Pir Mahal near Toba Tek Singh The incident took place at the...
Woman electrocuted from electric fan in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: A woman and a child died of electrocution in separate incidents in the city on Wednesday (July 31), local media reported. The report citing a police spokesperson said the woman Rahat Jabeen, aged 32 years, resident of Rasheedabad, was trying to switch on a fan at her house when she received an electric shock. The...
At least 22 killed as rains wreak havoc in KP
PESHAWAR: At least 22 persons were killed and several reportedly injured in accidents caused by heavy rains across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Heavy rains have battered the province for the past couple of days, triggering landslides and flash flooding which has killed dozens of people including ten from a single family. In Bazikhel area of Darra Adam Khel, Kohat,...
6 dead, several injured as monsoon rains batter Punjab
LAHORE: A child and five women were killed and six others injured due to heavy monsoon rains in various districts of Punjab during the last 24 hours, media reported on Wednesday (July 31). A report by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) report said that six people, including a child and five women, were killed while...
Teenage boy electrocuted while chasing stray kite in Kasur
KASUR: A young boy was electrocuted while catching a stray kite at Basti Lal Shah on Sunday (June 21), local media reported. According to the report, Muhammad Rehan, aged 13, rushed to catch a stray kite attached to a metal string. The metal string fell on the transmission line before Rehan caught it. Eyewitnesses said that as...
Sialkot: Two children electrocuted by pedestal fan
SIALKOT: Two children were electrocuted as they touched a pedestal fan at their house in Chak Karimi on Marala Road on the outskirts of Sialkot. The children were playing at home when they suddenly touched the fan. As a result, seven-year-old Omreen and Safian, aged 6, received a severe electric shock and fainted. Rescue 1122 reached the...