The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) will suspend electricity in parts of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum and Chakwal on Tuesday, 3 November, as part of its ongoing maintenance programme. Most of the outages will run from 9:00am to 2:00pm, and they are being carried out for the annual maintenance of 11kV feeders, construction and development work, and the maintenance of power transformers at grid stations. The schedule names the feeders and areas affected in each operation circle, and the same programme cut power across the region on 2 November, with the company saying such work is being carried out daily.
The schedule is wide, covering cities, towns and villages across the region, so residents should check whether their feeder is on the list and plan around the five-hour window. A few lines and grid stations follow different timings, set out below.
Islamabad operation circle
In Islamabad, outages are scheduled in Bara Kahu, Murree and Patriata, along with sectors including 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, and feeders on the 132kV D-12 grid station will also be off for power transformer maintenance. Among the feeders named are Saidpur, covering Saidpur and Daman-e-Koh; Mohra Noor and NIH, covering Mohra Noor, Bani Gala and Dhok Jilani; Numble, Company Bagh and Balawara; and F-7/1, covering streets in F-7/2. It also includes G-6, G-9, G-10 and G-13 feeders, Khana East and Service Road East covering parts of Ghauri Town, and HC-I and HC-II, which serve PIMS Hospital.
Rawalpindi city operation circle
In Rawalpindi City, feeders in the City, Satellite Town and Westridge divisions will be shut down, again mostly from 9:00am to 2:00pm. The schedule names Bagh Sardaran, Jamia Masjid and Liaqat Bagh in the old city area, Jinnah Road and Fawara Chowk covering Akbar Market and Sabzi Mandi, and Muhammadi Chowk covering Khayaban-e-Sir Syed sectors 3 and 4. It also includes Industrial and Tehmasma Abad, New Mulpur, Qayyumabad and 6th Road, T and T and PTCL feeders around Pandora and Seventh Road, AFOHS covering the Air Force Officers Housing Society, and Gangal, Shakrial, Affandi Colony, Officer Colony, Ameer Hamza Colony, Madina Colony and Mohan Pura, along with Range Road, Kiyani Road, New Race Course and KRL.
Rawalpindi Cantt operation circle
In Rawalpindi Cantt, outages cover the Cantt, Mandra, Rawat and Tariqabad divisions, and feeders on the 132kV Cantt grid station will also be off for power transformer maintenance. The named feeders include Bostan Khan, Tipu Road and Jhanda, covering Police Lines, Askari-10 and the IESCO Complex, and Bank Road, covering Murree Road and Hospital Road. Further feeders cover Kahuta City and THQ Hospital Kahuta, KRL Colony, Japan Road, Kalyal, Paryal, Hayal and Qureshi Abad, along with Cantt itself, Tulsa Road, Morgah, Defence Road, Shahpur, Adyala and Askari-7 and Askari-14, all from 9:00am to 2:00pm.
Attock operation circle
In Attock, feeders in the Taxila, Attock and Pindigheb divisions, including Wah Cantt, Hassan Abdal and Fateh Jang, will be affected from 9:00am to 2:00pm. The schedule names Ghazi Kohli, Kala Khan, Faisal Hills-1 and Faisal Hills-2, Wapda Town and AWT-IV, and Lala Rukh, Khan Abad and Munir Abad around Wah Cantt, along with Ahmed Nagar and Shadi Khan. It also covers Nartopa, Peoples Colony, Darul Islam, Soni, Gharibwal and Bhatiot, Sajjad Shaheed covering the entire Fateh Jang City, Fatehjang City-II, Jand-1, Bhandar, Gulyal, Mafooz Shaheed and Gaggan, and Maira Sharif, Cabinet Division and Gulshan-e-Sehat.
Jhelum operation circle
In Jhelum, outages are scheduled in the Gujar Khan, Jhelum-I and Jhelum-II divisions, from 9:00am to 2:00pm. The feeders named include Karoli, Main Bazar and Sohawa Katchery, covering Sohawa City, and Thakra, RTM Mills and KTM Mills. The list continues with Kanggar Thathi, Jada, covering DHQ Hospital, Old GT Road and the Passport Office, Sana Ullah Shaheed, CMH Jhelum and the 23 Division Headquarters, Shakreela, Puran, Akram Shaheed, Civil Line and Machine Moh, and Kala Base, Chip Board, Rohtas, Bakrala and Langer Pur.
Chakwal operation circle
In Chakwal, feeders in the Chakwal, Dhudial, Pind Dadan Khan and Talagang divisions will be affected from 9:00am to 2:00pm. The schedule names Bhar Pur, Hassal, Line Park, Mengan, Dharukna and Miani, along with Munara, Sethi and Main Bazar, and Dhudial City and Dandot. It also includes Rawal, Katas, P.D. Khan, Abdullah Pur, Dharabi and Tamman. Feeders on the 132kV Sethi grid station follow a split timetable: Sethi and Miani are off from 9:00am to 1:00pm, while Istaqlal Camp, PAF Kalar Khar, Munara and Dharukna are off from 12:00 noon to 2:00pm. Two transmission-line jobs run longer: Murree-Chatter Kalas from 7:30am to 5:00pm and Lakar Mar-Tamman from 9:00am to 4:00pm.
For households and businesses in the affected areas, the practical step is simple: charge phones and other essential devices before 9:00am, save any important work, and keep the outage window in mind when planning the day. IESCO says the work is routine annual maintenance to keep feeders and transformers in working order. Anyone unsure whether their street or feeder is included should check the full schedule shared by IESCO, since the list above names the main areas in each circle.
