This is part of a larger “demand management plan” which will be announced on Monday in Karachi by Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Jatoi and come into force the following day for about four months, subject to approval by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.


A senior official told Dawn on Sunday that the prime minister had gone through the plan before leaving for the country’s commercial and industrial capital where he would hold two meetings – one on the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation situation and the other on energy demand management.

“Demand management is inevitable now because of a wide gap in energy demand and supply,” the official said, adding: “Demand management is better than loadshedding because it allows people to adjust accordingly, instead of living in uncertainty.”