ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Water and Power has announced that all industrial sectors will be exempt from electricity load-shedding till December 2015.
In the last several years, energy shortage had been a ‘dominant constraint’ to economic growth and it was the reason the economy grew by less than four percent.
To this effect, all electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) have confirmed to the Ministry of Water and Power that the decision of zero loadshedding for all industries throughout the country was being implemented.
The decision will help increase exports of the country, particularly the export products of the textile sector. The uninterrupted supply of electricity will also help the export-oriented industrial sector to leverage the GSP Plus facility, a senior official of the Ministry of Water and Power added.
