{"id":8985,"date":"2026-08-02T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=8985"},"modified":"2026-08-02T12:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:00:28","slug":"sepco-launches-anti-power-theft-operation-in-sukkur-illegal-connections-disconnected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=8985","title":{"rendered":"SEPCO Launches Anti-Power Theft Operation in Sukkur, Illegal Connections Disconnected"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SUKKUR:<\/strong> The <strong>Sukkur Electric Power Company (SEPCO)<\/strong> Sub-Division One carried out an operation against electricity theft and defaulting consumers in various parts of the city, disconnecting illegal connections and removing supply to consumers with outstanding dues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to SEPCO officials, the operation was conducted on the directives of the <strong>SEPCO Chief<\/strong>, <strong>Superintending Engineer (SE)<\/strong>, <strong>Executive Engineer (XEN) Sukkur<\/strong>, and <strong>SDO Ramzan Malik<\/strong>. The campaign was supervised by <strong>Line Superintendent (LS) Ibrahim Dhar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the operation, teams visited <strong>Ayub Gate<\/strong>, the area behind <strong>Abbasi Hotel<\/strong>, and other localities within the sub-division&#8217;s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEPCO officials said several <strong>illegal &#8220;kundas&#8221; (hook connections)<\/strong> used for electricity theft were disconnected. The teams also imposed penalties on those allegedly involved in power theft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, <strong>thousands of meters of illegal electricity wires<\/strong> were confiscated and destroyed during the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The teams also disconnected electricity supply to <strong>defaulting consumers<\/strong> who had failed to pay outstanding electricity bills and instructed them to clear their dues immediately to restore service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on the occasion, SEPCO officials said the operation was carried out under the instructions of senior management and reaffirmed the company&#8217;s commitment to eliminating electricity theft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They added that anti-power theft campaigns would continue across the region and warned that no one would be allowed to use electricity through illegal means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operation forms part of SEPCO&#8217;s ongoing efforts to reduce electricity losses, improve bill recovery, and ensure a fair and reliable power supply for paying consumers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUKKUR: The Sukkur Electric Power Company (SEPCO) Sub-Division One carried out an operation against electricity theft and defaulting consumers in various parts of the city,..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Capture-11.jpg",873,366,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Capture-11-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Capture-11-300x126.jpg",300,126,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Capture-11-768x322.jpg",768,322,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Capture-11.jpg",873,366,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Capture-11.jpg",873,366,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Capture-11.jpg",873,366,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8987,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8985\/revisions\/8987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}