IESCO Announces Power Outages in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and Three Other Cities on November 3

The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) has announced that electricity will be suspended in various areas of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum, and Chakwal on Tuesday, November 3. The outages are scheduled to facilitate annual maintenance of 11kV feeders, construction and development work, and maintenance of power transformers at grid stations.

According to the shutdown schedule, most outages will occur from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. In Chakwal, some feeders on the 132kV Sethi grid station will be off from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, while others will be off from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Additionally, maintenance on the 132kV Murree-Chatter Kalas transmission line will run from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM, and on the Lakar Mar-Tamman line from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, though no grid station will be affected by these line works.

In Islamabad, outages are planned in Bara Kahu, Murree, and Patriata, as well as sectors D-12, E-11, F-7, F-8, G-6, G-7, G-8, G-9, G-10, G-13, I-8, and I-10. Feeders on the 132kV D-12 grid station will also be shut down for power transformer maintenance.

In Rawalpindi City, feeders in the City, Satellite Town, and Westridge divisions will be affected. In Rawalpindi Cantt, outages will cover the Cantt, Mandra, Rawat, and Tariqabad divisions. Feeders on the 132kV Cantt grid station will also be off for transformer maintenance.

In Attock, feeders in the Taxila, Attock, and Pindigheb divisions—including Wah Cantt, Hassan Abdal, and Fateh Jang—will be affected. In Jhelum, outages are scheduled in the Gujar Khan, Jhelum-I, and Jhelum-II divisions. In Chakwal, feeders in the Chakwal, Dhudial, Pind Dadan Khan, and Talagang divisions will be affected, with these feeders off for power transformer maintenance at the Sethi grid station.

IESCO has stated that such maintenance work is being carried out daily to ensure the reliability of the power supply. Consumers in the affected areas are advised to plan accordingly.