ISLAMABAD: Hearing a suo motu case regarding the unprecedented load shedding in the country, the Supreme Court termed the ongoing energy crisis a result of artificial factors, and noted that power plants are producing below their capacity.

A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and including Justice Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed and Justice Gulzar Ahmed, noted on Tuesday that there could be a genuine problem, "but now it seems that ther ... read more

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