IESCO Announces Power Outages in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Other Areas

The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) has announced a scheduled power suspension program for Saturday due to routine maintenance and development work.

According to an IESCO spokesperson, electricity will remain suspended in parts of the Islamabad, Rawalpindi Cantt, Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, and GSO circles during different time slots.

In Islamabad Circle, power will remain suspended from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in Tramri, Lehtrar, and ISI feeders. From 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., outages will affect Faisal Masjid, Ayub Market, HC I, HC II, G 9/4, SUPARCO, T&T, PTCL, G 8/1, G 8, G 8 Markaz, and Marvi feeders.

In Rawalpindi Cantt Circle, the Ghazan Khan feeder will remain without electricity from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. In Attock Circle, power supply will remain suspended from 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Bahtar More and Kohistan Enclave feeders, while Fawara Chowk feeder will remain affected from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

In Chakwal Circle, outages from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. will impact the Khanpur, Jhand Khan Zada, Abdullah Pur, Jalalpur, Sagharpur, and CWO feeders. In Jhelum Circle, electricity will remain suspended from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in the City Housing, Sanghoi, Safdar Shaheed, Nathwala, and Langarpur feeders.

Meanwhile, in the GSO Circle, power supply will remain suspended from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the 132kV AWC HMC Taxila and 132kV Sangjani Burhan lines. Additional outages from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. will affect the 132kV Chakwal Bhagwal Talagang, 132kV Kahuta City Palandri, and 132kV New Wah Bahtermore lines, along with related earth switches and surrounding areas.

IESCO apologized for the temporary inconvenience and said electricity supply would be restored before the scheduled time if maintenance work is completed earlier than expected.