Loadshedding situation to get better by mid-July, says Musadik Malik

Minister of State for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik hoped that the loadshedding situation across the country will get better in the second half of July.

Earlier, Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif warned the nation of more power outages next month.

Musadik further said that Pakistan is trying to import coal from Afghanistan. He said the major reason behind electricity loadshedding is the water shortage in dams, while the other reasons include coal price hikes and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) shortage in the international market.

“Only 5,000 MegaWatts (MW) of electricity is being generated instead of 9,500 MW,” he said.

مئی میں کہا لوڈشیڈنگ ختم کردیں گے مگر بڑھ گئی۔ پھر جون کے آخر میں لوڈشیڈنگ دو گھنٹے تک کم کرنے کا وزیر اعظم نے دعویٰ کیا مگر آج لوڈ شیڈنگ پہلے سے بھی زیادہ ہے۔ اب وزیر اعظم کہہ رہے ہیں کہ جولائی میں مزید لوڈشیڈنگ ہوگی۔ یہ کیا کارکردگی ہے؟

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On Monday, residents of Karachi came out on the streets due to the persistent loadshedding in their areas. The protests continued for more than 24 hours.

Interestingly, the government has pledged to decrease loadshedding several times. Earlier this month, PM Shehbaz instructed the power authorities to reduce loadshedding throughout the country to two hours. However, the situation remained the same.