KarachiK-Electric may cut power at evening and night peaks.
A nationwide shortage of re-gasified liquefied natural gas hits power generation across Pakistan.
Hostilities in the Middle East have disrupted the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab, delaying liquefied natural gas cargoes and raising fuel prices.
K-Electric calls cuts an extreme last resort, saying it is coordinating with Pakistan LNG Limited for early normalisation.
Gas companies sought 22 cargoes for December to February, but the task force promises 10 to 12.
How each outlet framed it
- Dawn
- ties the load-shedding threat to a nationwide RLNG shortage and Pakistan's earlier apologies on loadshedding
Sources: Dawn