Minister for Power Awais Leghari has announced the end of electricity load management following the arrival of fresh Liquefied Natural Gas supplies.
Speaking at a press briefing on Friday, he said the latest LNG shipment helped normalise power supply, while cautioning that dependence on costly fuel could ultimately raise consumer expenses.
Seapeak Magellan, carrying approximately 140,000 cubic metres of LNG, berthed at the facility operated by Pakistan GasPort Consortium Limited.
Leghari stated that consumers are unlikely to face further outages with the exception of unforeseen technical faults in the transmission network.
He explained that the government had to secure expensive LNG supplies after gas shipments from Qatar were disrupted due to ongoing tensions in the Middle East. He noted that the recent spell of load shedding, which lasted nearly two weeks, stemmed mainly from fuel shortages but has now been addressed through timely intervention.
He said hydropower generation has risen significantly to around 6,000 megawatts, compared to roughly 1,000 megawatts earlier, helping stabilise the system. He added that water releases from dams are managed according to national requirements and provincial needs.
To bridge the supply gap, authorities also operated plants running on furnace oil and other fuels. However, Leghari emphasised that eliminating outages through such expensive sources would have sharply increased electricity costs, and the government aims to protect consumers from that burden.
He further clarified that Pakistan’s actual power generation capacity stands at about 32,000 megawatts, dispelling perceptions of a higher figure. He said that with improved planning and stable transmission lines, an uninterrupted electricity supply can be maintained in the coming days.
