LESCO Headoffice: The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) issued instructions on Wednesday for the instant dismissal of officers and field workers proven to be complicit in helping electricity thieves in any way. LESCO Chief Executive Officer Engineer Shahid Haider presided over a meeting at the power utility’s headquarters and shared a comprehensive strategy for taking […]
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LESCO Employees Rally in Lahore to Demand Office Security
LESCO Corporate Offices: On Tuesday, engineers and workers from the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) staged a protest, demanding protection from lawless people who conduct power theft. The demonstration was held from the Lesco Headquarters to the Civil Line Police Station under the supervision of the LESCO Engineers Association and the All Pakistan WAPDA Hydro […]
LESCO Cut Off Yasir Broast Electricity for not Giving Free Food
LAHORE: Lahore Electric Supply Company disconnected the electricity connection of Yasir Broast’s Johar Town Branch when they did not allow to take free food for LESCO employees. As revenge, LESCO employees who came or we can say snatch the food, disconnected the electricity connection of the branch. All electricity and other utility bills are cleared […]
Protest Against Expected Withdrawal of WAPDA Free Units
LAHORE & ISLAMABAD: On Wednesday, officers and staff from the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC), Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO), Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), and other organizations connected to the energy industry protested the government’s decision to stop providing them with free electricity. They organized a demonstration outside the LESCO corporate offices […]
Expected Relief in Electricity Bills After Citizens Protests
After an unbearable hike in electricity prices, LESCO has imposed another restriction on domestic, industrial and other users. The restriction is that you can not pay your bill in installments anymore. So there are two reasons behind this. First one is that LESCO is unable to reach its monthly collection target. 2nd one is that […]
LESCO Thrown Electricity Bills in Front of Homes and Ran Away
Pattoki, Punjab: Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) staff in the Kasur region of Punjab’s Pattoki city just put customer invoices in front of their houses and businesses on Monday, fearing that the public would be outraged at the raised pricing. Wala Hussain Khan Residents of Chak No. 8 were observed collecting their scattered electrical bills […]
Siraj ul Haq Announced Countrywide Protest on 2 September
Lahore: On this Saturday in a Seminar, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) called a protest over the excessive electricity prices. JI Emir Sirajul Haq lashed out at political opponents and the caretaker administration during a seminar in Lahore. Ameer Said “The caretaker government is following in the footprints of previous corrupt govt which are not favourable for […]
Crane Driver Killed due to 11kV Line Collision {LESCO)
In the LESCO Division of Bund Road Lahore, a crane driver was killed because crane touched high-voltage lines of 11 kV. Driver name was Kashif and he was bread earner of his family. This incident happened when LESCO team was deploying a transformer. Cause of this accident is not following the safety protocols. The high-voltage […]
Protests Against All Over Pakistan Excessive Electricity Bills
All Citizens of Pakistan are suffering from rising inflation and now unjustified taxes and excessive electricity billing have been done in this month. Protests were made at multiple spots in Lahore including but not limited to Anam Road Galaxo Town, Multan Chungi, Nawab Town and Dubai Town Raiwind Road. Citizens are claiming that despite increased […]
LESCO has Ordered to Shutdown WASA Electricity Immediately
WASA (Water and Sanitation Agency) is under a debt of 6.75 Billion Rupees of LESCO (Lahore Electric Supply Company) in terms of Electricity Bills. LESCO officials acknowledged that they have issued a termination order for all connections affiliated with WASA, citing their recurrent failure to pay invoices. This could be avoided if WASA would be […]