1.0Nationhttps://nationaltimes.pk/engrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="L6VnDewDcP"><a href="https://nationaltimes.pk/eng/2026/124321/">Frequency of power, gas outages surges across Punjab</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://nationaltimes.pk/eng/2026/124321/embed/#?secret=L6VnDewDcP" width="600" height="338" title="“Frequency of power, gas outages surges across Punjab” — Nation" data-secret="L6VnDewDcP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://nationaltimes.pk/eng/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://nationaltimes.pk/eng/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/image-670x370-47-10.png670370LAHORE(National Times)- As the electricity shortfall surges, the forced loadshedding increased up to eight hours in urban and 12 to 16 hours in rural areas in the service areas of Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) and other districts across the province. The situation worsened from Monday evening after the power distribution companies (Discos) in Lahore, its adjoining […]