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  • Gepco, Sepco fined for poor performance

    In an announcement, Nepra said it imposed Rs4m fine on Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) and Rs6m on Sukkur Electric Power Company (Sepco) under the Nepra Fine Rules for non-compliance of performance standards, distribution code and licence, Nepra Act and rules...

  • 28 Gepco officials suspended

    GUJRANWALA: The Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO) chief executive Zahoor Ahmad Chohan suspended on Tuesday six executive engineers and 22 sub-divisional officers (SDOs) of the region from service on charge of poor recovery of dues and their failure to control line losses...

  • Gepco’s former CEO, HR head arrested by NAB

    LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau, Lahore, has arrested two former officials of the Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) on charges of misuse of authority...

    During his stint as Pepco MD, he allegedly disregarded, disobeyed and deviated from the recruitment rules and made some 500 illegal appointments in Gepco...

  • NAB summons Pervaiz Ashraf in Gepco case

    LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau, Lahore, has summoned former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in the case of ‘illegal hiring’ in the Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco)...

    The investigation against Tahir Basharat Cheema, ex-MD Pepco, and others has revealed that you are in possession of information/evidence which relates to the commission of offence committed by you during the recruitment in Gepco...

  • IFC help sought to divest Gepco

    ISLAMABAD: The Priva­tisation Commission has decided to seek assistance of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for the privatisation of Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco), Dawn officially learnt on Saturday...

    Gepco is among the eight power distribution companies on the sell-off list with 100 per cent divestment with management control...

  • Gepco to send 6,826 default cases to NAB

    SIALKOT: The Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) has decided to send cases of 6,826 chronic defaulters to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for the recovery of outstanding dues of Rs202 million...

    According to Gepco Chief Executive Zahur Ahmed Chohan, the company would send the cases to NAB in the first week of October...

  • Gepco to move NAB to recover outstanding dues

    SIALKOT: The Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) will refer the cases of defaulters to the National Accountability Bureau for the recovery of the outstanding dues from them, according to Gepco Chief Executive Zahur Ahmed Chohan...

    He said that Gepco had repeatedly sent recovery notices to the defaulters seeking payment of their dues but to no avail...

  • 34,364 electricity thieves caught in one month

    SIALKOT: Surveillance teams of Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) caught 34,364 electricity thieves in the districts of Sialkot, Narowal, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Hafizabad and Gujranwala during the last one month...

    According to senior Gepco officials, the electricity thieves include 33,818 domestic, 203 commercial, 126 tubewell and 217 industrial consumers...

  • Discos, KE inflict Rs132bn hit on exchequer

    Based on the results, Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) secured the top slot with 72 marks out of 100, followed by Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) and then Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco)...

    On the other hand, Gepco and Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) showed improvements and slightly missed targets...

  • Crackdown on medical stores

    Gepco workers: Employees of the Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) on Wednesday held a strike against privatisation of power distribution companies (DISCOs) on the call of Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union...

    The staff also held a demonstration after locking all the offices of Gepco except the complaint cells...

  • Workers protest power cut to industry

    The regional office of Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) has been pressing local industrial units in Gujrat and Jalalpur Jattan not to operate their units at night...

    However, industrialists lodged a strong protest against the fresh orders by Gepco and said that in such harsh weather conditions and since workers were fasting during the day, most production was done at night, especially between Iftar and Sehr...

  • Raja Pervaiz’s arrest warrants withdrawn

    LAHORE: An accountability court on Wednesday withdrew the bailable arrest warrants against former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf after he appeared in a case of illegal appointments in the Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco)...

    The National Accountability Bureau had accused Mr Ashraf of making illegal appointments in Gepco during his stint as the federal minister for water and power...

  • Gypsies made to vacate huts for grid station’s opening

    They chanted slogans against what they called a harsh step taken by the authorities at the behest of the Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco)...

    The minister said the grid station would end forced loadshedding, improve voltage level and minimise tripping being faced by Gepco consumers due to overloading of the system...

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