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In early September 2023, the Pakistani government under administration of the Pakistan Armed Forces initiated a crackdown targeting both individuals and organizations engaged in various forms of smuggling, with a particular focus on essential commodities such as wheat, sugar, urea, oil, dollars as well as power theft, hoarding, and illegal currency exchange.
Electricity theft, also known as hooking, or kunda system in local language, is a chronic issue throughout Pakistan. [1] Street protests in Pakistan for power outages and poor grid performance are common.
In Karachi, a parallel power supply has been running for years as a result of electricity theft. [13] In 2013, it was declared in the Senate of Pakistan, that Pakistan had lost Rs90 billion (equivalent to ₨149.1 billion in 2021) in the last 5 years to electricity theft and line losses. [14] [15] [16]
The 2024 Azad Kashmir protests were a series of six day long protests, sit-ins, shutter-downs, demonstrations and wheel-jam strikes starting on 8 May against the Federal Government of Pakistan and the Government of Azad Kashmir, calling for lower prices for wheat, flour, and electricity, in addition to other demands.
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Urdu: نیپرا, abbreviated as NEPRA) is responsible for regulating the electricity supply in Pakistan. [2] [3] It is also responsible for issuing licences for generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, establishing and enforcing standards to ensure quality and safety of operation and supply of electric power to consumers ...
Mangla Dam. Development of carbon dioxide emissions. The energy policy of Pakistan is formulated and determined by the federal, provincial, and local institutional entities in Pakistan, which address the issues of energy production, distribution, and consumption of energy, such as gas mileage and petroleum standards. [1]
The Pakistan Citizen's Portal launched its web-based services and helpline on 28 September 2020. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In October 2020, manual complaint lodging facility was provided at the dashboards of government offices for illiterate and physically challenged people.
Electricity theft in Pakistan; N. National Electric Power Regulatory Authority; P. Plug-in electric vehicles in Pakistan This page was last edited on 28 August 2020 ...