New Electricity Loadshedding Schedule Announced For DI Khan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Jun, 2025) The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) has released a new and extremely strict loadshedding schedule for Dera Ismail Khan, with power cuts extending up to 20 hours a day on multiple feeders.

According to the newly issued schedule, feeders such as Gomal, Muniz Abad, Kotla Habib, University and Dera Development Authority (DDA) will face daily outages of up to 20 hours. The situation in other parts of the city is also dire as Mandran feeder will remain without power for 19 hours, while areas like Sagoo, Indus, and Baran Abad will experience 18-hour power outages.

Other feeders including Damaan Oil Mills, Sheikh Yousaf-I and II, CRBC, Qayyum Nagar, Muslim Bazar, Cantt-I, Touseef Abad, Commissionary Bazar, Sadar, and Murriyal-II will suffer 16 hours of daily loadshedding. Meanwhile, Murriyal-I, Topanwala Bazar, Degree College, and City-I feeders are scheduled for 14-hour electricity cuts.

Furthermore, City-II, Cantt-II, and Town Hall areas will face 12 hours of daily power suspension.

The prolonged electricity loadshedding severely disrupting business, education, and domestic life.

This decision stands in direct contradiction to a recent order issued by the Peshawar High Court Dera Bench, which had instructed the PESCO authorities to reduce loadshedding and ensure the provision of basic utilities to the public.

The citizens have expressed strong concern, calling the move a blatant violation of the court’s directive. They questioned that "if even the judiciary's orders are being ignored, who will listen to the public."

The civil society members and elected representatives have called for immediate attention and intervention.

In response to public outcry, local WAPDA officials have distanced themselves from the decision. They claim the schedule was issued by senior PESCO authorities in Peshawar, and that loadshedding is based on electricity bill recovery ratio as the specific areas with lower payment compliance face longer outages.