LAHORE: Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) dismissed three of its officers from duty on Friday for accepting bribes from customers to correct inflated bills. Concerning the company’s Baghbanpura (Lahore) division, complaints have been made. “It is absolutely absurd that consumers, who are already experiencing extreme financial strain as a result of inflated bills with significant […]
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Outrage against FPA in Bills: Govt Relief Measure Seems too Little, too Late
LAHORE: As people stung by the killing proportion of taxes, mainly fuel price adjustment (FPA) charges for the last two months that multiplied the cost of electricity, take to the streets, the government seems to be belatedly waking up to the options that it always had but never bothered to exercise. On Wednesday, Federal Minister […]
WAPDA Clarification on Balochistan Flood Telemetry Instruments
A spokesman for WAPDA has confirmed that the news item, “One-third of telemetry instruments of WAPDA not operating,” which appeared in lescobillonline.net on August 17, 2022, is not founded on facts. It is made clear that 34 of the 44 Flood Telemetric Stations—which are still within the World Bank’s Defect Liability Period—have been improved and […]
LHC Orders: Submit LESCO Electricity Bills without Fuel Adjustment Charges (FPA)
LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday ordered the power consumers to pay their electricity bills without fuel adjustment charges. According to details, the high court was hearing a plea moved against a collection of fuel adjustment charges from the consumers in the electricity bills. The plaintiff had stated that the collection of […]
Defiant Protests against Electricity Bills Continue across Punjab
LAHORE: Protest demonstrations against the Fuel Price Adjustment (FPA) and other taxes on the electricity bills that shocked most of the consumers this month continued in Lahore and other cities of the province on Tuesday. The protesters burnt the electricity bills during the demonstrations and pledged not to deposit the payments until the immediate withdrawal […]
Protests Erupt in Towns Cities Against Surcharge in Electricity Bills
TOBA TEK SINGH: Hundreds of people held a protest at Rajana Chowk on Monday and blocked traffic bound for Multan, Faisalabad, Jhang and Chichawatni against the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) over ‘inflated’ domestic and commercial bills on the ‘pretext’ of fuel price adjustment (FPA). The protesters waved electricity bills and raised slogans against the […]
CW Games: Pakistan’s 8 Gold Medals, Six Won by WAPDA Athletes
LAHORE: In Birmingham for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) athletes once again represented Pakistan and gave honor to the nation. WAPDA athletes have thus far won two gold, two silver, and two bronze medals for Pakistan. Nooh Dastgir of Wapda Weightlifting earned a gold medal in + 109 […]
PM Instructed To Submit Report On Amount Received as FPA In Electricity Bills
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has instructed the relevant authorities to prioritize the completion of comprehensive planning for all low-cost solar power projects. On Wednesday, he gave the order to submit an inquiry report on the amount received as fuel price adjustment in electricity bills and the delay in the completion of power projects over the […]
WAPDA Projects 20pc Increase In Revenue Requirement For FY 2022-23
ISLAMABAD – WAPDA has projected an increase of 20 percent in revenue requirement for the FY2022-23, as it has sought NEPRA approval for the hike in tariff for bulk supply of power from its hydel power stations. In its tariff petition, for revision of tariff for 2022-23 for sale of bulk supply of power from […]
WAPDA Kicked Off Operation Against Electricity Theft in Abbottabad
Operations against electricity theft and unpaid electricity bills have begun at WAPDA under the direction of the District Administration Abbottabad. Along with the police, a committee led by Assistant Commissioner Abbottabad Saqlain Salim, SDO WAPDA conducted raids on Thanna and Totni, and suspended electricity service for improperly connecting to or using Kunda and failing to […]