KARACHI: To regulate the consumption of electrical energy in the Federal Capital, and to maintain supplies and services essential to the life of the community, the Chairman, Central Engineering Authority, has promulgated orders restricting the consumption of electricity in Karachi, says a Government … note … on Thursday [Nov 1].

As laid down in the orders, it shall be unlawful to use or consume electrical energy supplied by the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Ltd. for the purposes enumerated below, namely,

(a) for heating, boiling, Ironing etc. with electric appliances of a rating above 1 kilowatt and for cooking ranges of over 3 kilowatts; (b) for lighting (i) in excess of three-fourth watt per sq. ft. of horizontal floor area of each room with a maximum of 60 watts for rooms smaller than 80 sq. ft. (ii) in excess of 60 watts per point; (c) for lighting of signboards, show-window displays, decorations and other advertisements;

(d) for lighting outside residential buildings; (e) as motive power, [except] for refrigerators and licensed cinemas …

Contravention of the … Order renders the offenders liable not only to prosecution … but also to disconnection. …

Published in Dawn, November 2nd, 2026