Tue, 21-Oct-2025

LESCO teams detected massive power theft in Lahore

LESCO

LAHORE: The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) teams on Saturday detected massive power theft in Lahore and imposed heavy fine on factory owners.

LESCO Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shahid Haider, the owners of a furnace mill in Shalimar area of ​​Lahore were stealing electricity by installing mobile transformers. After registering a case against the accused, the process of deduction bill has been started.

Shahid Haider said that a few days ago a big electricity theft was caught from a steel mill in the same area, both the mills have been fined more than one billion rupees while the process of deduction bill has also been started.

He further informed that influential power thieves are being caught with the help of Rangers.

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LESCO, FIA settle matter related to overbilling  

LESCO

LAHORE:  The overbilling matter between Lahore Electric Supply Company(LESCO) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has been settled.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) LESCO Shahid Haider and Director FIA Sarfaraz Khan Virk resolved the matter under which LESCO management will phase out the overbilling in 3 months.

Officials said that in three months all pending connections will be made and defective meters will be replaced.

 LESCO officials said that FIA will not raid LESCO offices, in case of any complaint a letter will be written to Chief LESCO and all concerns will be answered to FIA within a couple of days.

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