ISLAMABAD, September 1, 2026: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has barred K-Electric (KE) from carrying out load shedding on the basis of losses and ordered it to immediately stop unannounced power outages, ARY News reported.
According to the NEPRA decision against K-Electric’s unannounced load shedding, the regulator declared load shedding based on ATC losses by KE illegal.
NEPRA said electricity supply to consumers who regularly pay their bills cannot be suspended on feeders with high losses. Consumers who pay their bills regularly cannot be punished for the failures of others, it added.
The regulator ordered K-Electric to adopt alternative measures against electricity theft and directed the company to disconnect the individual connections of people involved in power theft.
The decision stated that despite being fined, K-Electric had not made any changes to its operational procedures.
NEPRA further directed K-Electric to install ABC cables to reduce commercial and technical losses and prepare a plan for the purpose.
Earlier, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) strongly criticized K-Electric (KE) over prolonged loadshedding across Karachi during the ongoing spell of extreme heat, accusing the utility of failing to provide uninterrupted electricity despite charging consumers hefty bills.
In a statement, an MQM-P spokesperson said residents of Karachi were suffering from a “double ordeal” due to soaring temperatures and what the party described as K-Electric’s “criminal negligence” and prolonged loadshedding.
“The KE has crossed all limits. Up to 14 hours of loadshedding has become a severe hardship for the people of the country’s economic hub,” the spokesperson said.
The party alleged that despite collecting billions of rupees through electricity bills and overbilling, K-Electric had failed to upgrade its aging and deteriorating transmission infrastructure.
“Even after generating massive revenues from consumers, the company has taken no meaningful steps to modernize its obsolete transmission system, which is no longer capable of handling even moderate demand,” the statement said.
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