The Islamabad Electric Supply Company has announced a major scheduled power shutdown across Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Attock and Chakwal on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. The company said the interruption was part of its annual maintenance programme and construction and development work, and it apologised in advance for the inconvenience. Most feeders will stay off from nine in the morning until two in the afternoon, although a smaller number will go dark at seven, so some areas will be without power for as long as seven hours.
Islamabad Power Shutdown Schedule
In the capital, the shutdown will run from nine in the morning until two in the afternoon, a five-hour window covering a long list of feeders: Islamabad Club-I, Banigala, G-6, Sports Complex, F-6/1, G-8 Markaz, Khanna Dak, Service Road East, Tumair, E-8 Navy, G-9/3, I-8/3, I-11/2, New Exchange, Old United, Golra-II, Services, NIH, Mohra Noor, Company Bagh, TDCP, PAF, MCM, Tret and Kotli Sattian. The outage reaches from the central sectors out to the rural fringes, and households on any of these feeders should plan for five hours without power.
Rawalpindi City Areas to Face Outages
In the Rawalpindi City Circle, the Qadeer Road and KRL feeders will remain shut from seven in the morning until two in the afternoon, a seven-hour stretch, while the rest of the city circle follows the nine-to-two pattern. The feeders affected there include BBH, Quaid-e-Azam Hospital, Cobe Line, Commercial Centre, B-Block, Shakrial, AFOHS, Al-Noor Colony, Qayyumabad, Gangal, A Block, Fauji Colony, Muslimabad, Iqbal Road-II, Tehmasma Abad, Major Masood, Gawalmandi, Bagh Sardaran, Zeeshan Colony, Kiyani Road, New Race Course, Capt Amir Shaheed, G-15, G-15/1, G-15/4, Seham, Range Road, Chakra, Benazir Bhutto S and CDL Colony. Hospitals, commercial centres and thickly settled colonies are all on the list, so the shutdown will be felt across much of the city.
Rawalpindi Cantt Power Shutdown
Several areas under the Rawalpindi Cantt Circle will also face outages from nine in the morning until two in the afternoon. The affected feeders include Fauji Foundation Hospital, Mehboob Shaheed, RIC, Gracy Line, Takbeer-1, New GHQ, Kashmir Road, Maj Muhammad Hanif, Sep Ibrar Hussain, Ghumti, New Kalyam, Bhair Kalyal, Nishan-e-Haider, Mahoota, Gaggan, Fazal Ahmed Shaheed, Chehan, Chountra, Rajjar, SPD, SPF, Arsalan Poultry, Rangers Complex, HESCOL, SKY-47, Paryal, Askari-VII and Rose Lane. Cantonment neighbourhoods and the institutions around them will therefore share the same five-hour interruption.
Attock Areas Affected
In the Attock Circle, the Khan Abad, Bahtar Morh and Kashif Gul feeders will remain shut from seven in the morning until two in the afternoon, giving those areas the longer seven-hour outage. From nine until two, the interruption will spread to a much wider set of feeders: Nawababad, Jalala, Behlot, Ban Bola, Wapda Town, AWT, Valley, Kohistan Enclave, Lala Zar, Ahmed Nagar, Col Sher Khan, Waisa, Musa, Power Channel Co, Shams Abad, Hattian, Qazi Abad, NARTOPA, Mehri Town, Shakardara, PM Housing Colony, Soni, Pindi Gheb, Khai Kulia, Mumtaz Shaheed, Nai Khangah, Chappar Sharif, Shah Safeer, Karsal and Kanggar Thathi. Attock is a large district of small towns and villages with few alternatives when the grid goes quiet.
Chakwal to Face Up to Seven-Hour Shutdown
Several Chakwal Circle feeders will remain without electricity for as long as seven hours, the longest interruption in the whole announcement. From seven in the morning until two in the afternoon, the affected feeders include Mureed, Al-Qaim Mill, PAF and KSM Unit-3, so residents there will wake to a power cut that lasts until mid-afternoon. Additional feeders will remain shut from nine until two: Karyala, Pipli, Araa Bazar, Jamalwal, Sethi, Adhi, Dhudial Rural, Shahpur Syedan, Sarkal, CS Shah, Dharyala Jalip, Katas, Lilla Town, Katchery, Jalalpur, DS Bilawal, Dhok Ghazan, Dhurnakka, Dhurnal, Kot Gullah, Kot Shera, Lawa, Pichnand, Sukka and Sakasar. The outage covers market towns and rural settlements across the district.
Why Is IESCO Shutting Down Electricity?
IESCO said the temporary outages are required for its annual maintenance programme and construction and development work across the distribution network, and it stressed that these are planned maintenance shutdowns rather than unscheduled breakdowns. The company publishes separate monthly maintenance schedules for its Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum and Chakwal circles. The work typically involves servicing transformers, replacing worn conductors and insulators, trimming trees away from lines and connecting new infrastructure. Consumers can check updated schedules on the company’s website and social media, or contact the IESCO helpline at 118.
A planned shutdown at least gives people time to prepare, even though a five-hour or seven-hour cut midday is still a serious disruption for shops, offices, schools and clinics. Shutdowns like this are also how a distribution company keeps an ageing network running, since lines and transformers that are never serviced are far more likely to fail without warning. Even so, the announcement will renew questions about whether the work could be spread out in shorter windows rather than concentrated into a single day across four districts. For now, the message is simple: note the timing for your feeder, charge phones and laptops and store water before the supply goes off, and watch the company’s official channels in case the schedule changes before Tuesday morning.
