By Maryam GilaniThe Byzantine situation of load shedding entails a long history in which successive regimes have contributed—positively and negatively—but the situation became more and more nettlesome and tortious over the period of time. To counter these chronic problems and encouraged by the donor agencies like World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB), the government has recently announced that 63 per cent of the feeders in the country are now load shedding free. PPP, despite its tall claims to eradicate electricity load shedding, exasperated the situation by launching schemes like rental powers that provided almost no relief to consumers. The announcement of zero load shedding is not because of reduction during the winter season, but the country today has 2,700MW of surplus electricity, and the situation would improve further in coming months when more projects would start generating electricity. By successfully addressing the chronic problem of power outage, the incumbent government has disproved assertions by leaders like Syed Khursheed Shah, who have been saying that the menace of load shedding would persist in 2018 as well.

Source: Pakistan Today December 14, 2017 18:45 UTC