Federal Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif on Saturday said that the Ministry of Water and Power has controlled loadshedding through vigorous monitoring and load management during Iftar, Tarawee, Sehri. In a statement issued here, the Federal Minister said, "Due to continuous and vigorous monitoring and load management, the Ministry of Water and power has been able to control force load shedding in the country since first Ramadan Iftari time."
"We have been able to improve the electricity supply situation and 93% Urban and 86% rural areas have been provided uninterrupted electricity for the Iftar, Tarawee and Sehri timings as announced by the Ministry." "We are making all out efforts to improve the situation and Inshallah gradually the situation is returning to normal schedule loadshedding during the day and no loadshedding during Iftar, Tarawee and Sehri."
The supply of electricity to Karachi is the responsibility of K-Electric. Ministry of Water and Power is supplying 650MW to Karachi despite difficulties and that the agreement has expired and no new arrangement has been made so far. This is being to alleviate the sufferings of the inhabitants of Karachi. The electricity situation of the entire country is being monitored continuously except for system constraints. The federal complaint cell is also operating 24/7 for ratification of technical faults. The electricity supply will be assured as per the schedule. Although there are high losses areas where our recovery is very minimal and electricity theft is high , we are still trying to maintain a level of electricity supply considering the month of Ramazan".