ISLAMABAD: The power crisis in Pakistan has extended as the electricity shortfall has gone up to 7,000 megawatts, ARY News reported on Wednesday.
Rendering to power division sources, power demand is 29,000 megawatts, although production lags at 22,000mw.
The gap amongst demand and supply of electricity has extended 7,000 megawatts. Temporarily, the load-shedding of 4 to 6 hours is conceded out across the country, the sources said.
On Tuesday, the federal cabinet permitted jacking up electricity prices by Rs7.91 per unit.
Addressing a news conference along with Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik in Islamabad on Tuesday, Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir said there will be an upsurge of 3.50 rupees per unit from 26th of this month. There will be another escalation of 3.50 rupees per unit from next month whilst in the month of October, the tariff will be amplified by ninety paisa per unit.
Dastgir said increase in the electricity tariff will not have an influence on the lowliest consumers. He said the consumers are already paying a big percentage of this increase in the form of fuel surcharge. He said this fuel surcharge now imitated in the tariff.