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Audit reveals massive overbilling by electricity distribution companies

ISLAMABAD - July 22, 2025: Widespread financial irregularities have come to light within entities operating under Pakistan's Power Division, ARY News reported on Tuesday,...

Govt ‘plans’ to reassign GENCO employees to DISCOs

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to reassign 1,775 employees from non-operational power generation companies (GENCOs) to various electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) to fill vacant...

PM Sharif directs to ‘accelerate’ DISCOs privatization process

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif has directed authorities to expedite the privatization process of power distribution companies (DISCOs), ARY News reported on Tuesday,...

DISCOs incurred Rs 239bln losses in three months

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's power distribution companies (DISCOs), have incurred a staggering losses amounting to Rs 239 billion in just three months, ARY News reported. According to...

NEPRA imposed Rs 1.9bn fine on DISCOs in eight years

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has imposed a staggering fine of Rs 1.95 billion on Distribution Companies (DISCOs) over the past...

DPM Ishaq Dar assures addressing governance issues in DISCOs

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Foreign Minister Senatoe Ishaq Dar said that the government will address the issues of governance in the Power...

Pakistan govt ‘implements’ Essential Services Act in DISCOs to prevent protests

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government has implemented the Essential Services Act across DISCOs, NTDC, and GENCOs to prevent expected protests against the privatization of these...

Report unveils overbilling of Rs8.44bln in Pakistan’s power sector

Power companies were caught with overbilling of Rs8.44bln in Pakistan, ARY News reported, citing official report.  As per details, DISCOs overbilled power consumers with Rs8.44bln...

Govt notifies privatisation of all Discos

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has notified the privatization of 13 power distribution companies (DISCOs) as the Ministry of Energy unveiled a plan to privatize...

NEPRA confirms overbilling by all DISCOS including K-Electric

Islamabad: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has confirmed electricity overbilling by all power distributing companies (DISCOs) including K-Electric, in April and June and...

PM Shehbaz Sharif reconstitutes 6 DISCO boards

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday reconstituted boards of six power distribution companies over unsatisfactory performance, ARY News reported. The prime minister reconstituted six...

Overbilling: Naqvi seeks DISCOs data about relief to protected users  

ISLAMABAD: Amid growing complaints of overbilling, Minister for Interior Mohsin Naqvi on Monday ordered Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to collect data of all distribution...

Electricity bills to surge as govt set to privatize Discos

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has finalised plan to privatize profit-making power distribution companies (Discos), ARY News reported on Saturday citing sources. Sources in the power...

Power theft: Pakistan ‘okays’ deputation of FIA officers to DISCOs

The federal government has 'okayed' deputation of Federal Investigation Officers (FIA) officers to electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) to end power theft, ARY News reported,...

No plans to hand over DISCOs to any institution: ministry

The Ministry of Energy, Power Division, has officially denied reports regarding the transfer of control over Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to any institution. In a press...

DISCOs incurred Rs337 billion loss in FY2022

ISLAMABAD: Electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) incurred a loss of a whopping Rs337 billion in Fiscal year 2022, ARY News reported. According to an official document,...

Power companies seek nod to charge Rs22.56b from consumers

ISLAMABAD: The power distribution companies (DISCOs) sought Nepra’s nod to receive ‘capacity’, ‘use of system’ and other charges worth Rs22.56 billion from electricity consumers...

Power theft: Govt deputes FIA officers to DISCOs

The caretaker government has deputed Federal Investigation Officers (FIA) officers to electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) to end power theft, ARY News reported on Friday. The move...

Govt deputes bureaucrats to DISCOs for first time

ISLAMABAD: For the first time in Pakistan, the officers from the Establishment Division have been deputed to power distribution companies (DISCOs) by the caretaker...

NEPRA asks DISCOs to improve performance in 15 days

KARACHI: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has directed the power distribution companies (DISCOs) to improve their performance in 15 days. “NEPRA will conduct...
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