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title: "IESCO announces electricity shutdown schedule for Friday"
description: "Most outlets reported the electricity suspension schedule issued by IESCO for Friday, citing ongoing development works. Both excerpts focused on the notification and its reason, with similar wording and emphasis. No significant differences in framing were evident."
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# IESCO announces electricity shutdown schedule for Friday

pakistan · updated 9 Oct 2026, 5:17 PM PKT · 6–9 Oct 2026 · 5 articles from 2 outlets over 4 developments

## How it developed

Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it.

### 9 Oct 2026 — IESCO notifies power suspension programme (1 outlet)

- **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [IESCO notifies power suspension programme](https://www.app.com.pk/national/iesco-notifies-power-suspension-programme-186/) · 9 Oct 2026, 5:17 PM PKT
  > The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) on Friday issued a power suspension programme for Saturday and Sunday on several feeders due to ongoing development works being carried out by the district administration.

### 8 Oct 2026 — IESCO announces power shutdown in parts of four districts (1 outlet)

- **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [IESCO announces power shutdown in parts of four districts](https://www.app.com.pk/national/iesco-announces-power-shutdown-in-parts-of-four-districts/) · 8 Oct 2026, 8:35 PM PKT
  > Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) has announced temporary power shutdown in selected areas of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Attock and Chakwal on Saturday, October 10, to facilitate ongoing district development works, including shifting of electricity poles and installations for flyovers, underpasses, new 11kV feeders and road-widening projects.

### 7 Oct 2026 — IESCO announces electricity shutdown schedule for Friday (2 outlets)

> Most outlets reported the electricity suspension schedule issued by IESCO for Friday, citing ongoing development works. Both excerpts focused on the notification and its reason, with similar wording and emphasis. No significant differences in framing were evident.

- **ProPakistani** — [IESCO Announces Electricity Shutdown Schedule for Friday](https://propakistani.pk/2026/10/08/iesco-announces-electricity-shutdown-schedule-for-friday/) · 8 Oct 2026, 12:43 PM PKT
  > The Islamabad Electric Supply Company has issued a power suspension schedule for Friday on several feeders due to ongoing development… Read More
- **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [IESCO notifies power suspension programme](https://www.app.com.pk/national/iesco-notifies-power-suspension-programme-185/) · 7 Oct 2026, 5:17 PM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing
  > The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) on Wednesday issued a power suspension programme for Friday on several feeders due to ongoing development works being carried out by the district administration.

### 6 Oct 2026 — IESCO notifies power suspension programme (1 outlet)

- **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [IESCO notifies power suspension programme](https://www.app.com.pk/national/iesco-notifies-power-suspension-programme-184/) · 6 Oct 2026, 4:55 PM PKT
  > The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) on Tuesday issued a power suspension programme for Thursday on several feeders due to ongoing development works being carried out by the district administration.

## Part of a bigger story

Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology).

- [IESCO announces power outages in Islamabad on Friday](https://harzaviya.com/stories/10481-iesco-announces-power-outages-in-islamabad-on-friday) · 25 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 2 developments · 99% related
- [IESCO announces power shutdown in Islamabad on September 29](https://harzaviya.com/stories/11007-iesco-notifies-power-suspension-programme) · 29 Sep 2026 · 4 outlets · 2 developments · 98% related
- [IESCO announces power outages for Saturday in multiple areas](https://harzaviya.com/stories/5212-iesco-announces-power-outages-in-islamabad-jhelum) · 29 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 2 developments · 96% related
- [IESCO issues power suspension programme for Islamabad areas](https://harzaviya.com/stories/8143-islamabad-power-suspension-program-notified-by-iesco) · 13 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 2 developments · 94% related
- [IESCO issues power suspension programme for Monday](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6891-iesco-notifies-power-suspension-programme) · 8 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 3 developments · 93% related

5 articles from 2 outlets, 6–9 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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