{"id":115464,"date":"2026-06-15T17:57:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T12:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=115464"},"modified":"2026-06-15T17:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T12:57:42","slug":"lesco-bans-installment-options-for-electricity-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/lesco-bans-installment-options-for-electricity-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"LESCO bans installment options for electricity bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: <span class=\"cursor-pointer hover:bg-primary\/20 hover:text-primary transition-colors rounded px-0.5 py-0.5\" data-state=\"closed\" data-slot=\"tooltip-trigger\"><span class=\"\">Sources <\/span><span class=\"\">say <\/span><span class=\"\">that Lahore Electricity Supply Company (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/lesco-announces-power-outage-schedule-for-multiple-areas\/\"><span class=\"\">LESCO ) <\/span><\/a><span class=\"\">has <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">fully <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">banned <\/span><span class=\"\">installment <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">options <\/span><span class=\"\">for <\/span><span class=\"\">electricity <\/span><span class=\"\">bills <\/span><span class=\"\">in <\/span><span class=\"\">June <\/span><span class=\"\">so <\/span><span class=\"\">that <\/span><span class=\"\">the <\/span><span class=\"\">recovery <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">target <\/span><span class=\"\">can <\/span><span class=\"\">be <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">achieved. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cursor-pointer hover:bg-primary\/20 hover:text-primary transition-colors rounded px-0.5 py-0.5\" data-state=\"closed\" data-slot=\"tooltip-trigger\"><span class=\"\">According <\/span><span class=\"\">to <\/span><span class=\"\">instructions <\/span><span class=\"\">from the <\/span><span class=\"\">newly <\/span><span class=\"\">issued <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">order, <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">customers <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">would <\/span><span class=\"\">not <\/span><span class=\"\">be <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">given <\/span><span class=\"\">any <\/span><span class=\"\">installments <\/span><span class=\"\">on <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">present <\/span><span class=\"\">and <\/span><span class=\"\">due <\/span><span class=\"\">bills <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">anymore, <\/span><span class=\"\">and <\/span><span class=\"\">field <\/span><span class=\"\">officials <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">would <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">collect <\/span><span class=\"\">the <\/span><span class=\"\">dues <\/span><span class=\"\">with <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">their <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">target. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cursor-pointer hover:bg-primary\/20 hover:text-primary transition-colors rounded px-0.5 py-0.5\" data-state=\"closed\" data-slot=\"tooltip-trigger\"><span class=\"\">It <\/span><span class=\"\">has <\/span><span class=\"\">been <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">ordered <\/span><span class=\"\">to <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">collect <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">present <\/span><span class=\"\">bills <\/span><span class=\"\">with <\/span><span class=\"\">due <\/span><span class=\"\">amounts <\/span><span class=\"\">at <\/span><span class=\"\">the <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">same <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">time, <\/span><span class=\"\">with a <\/span><span class=\"\">focus on collecting<\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"\">dues <\/span><span class=\"\">from <\/span><span class=\"\">defaulting <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">customers. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cursor-pointer hover:bg-primary\/20 hover:text-primary transition-colors rounded px-0.5 py-0.5\" data-state=\"closed\" data-slot=\"tooltip-trigger\"><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">The<\/span><\/span><span class=\"cursor-pointer hover:bg-primary\/20 hover:text-primary transition-colors rounded px-0.5 py-0.5\" data-state=\"closed\" data-slot=\"tooltip-trigger\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"\">recovery <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">campaign <\/span><span class=\"\">will <\/span><span class=\"\">be <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">targeted <\/span><span class=\"\">at <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">domestic, <\/span><span class=\"\">commercial, <\/span><span class=\"\">and <\/span><span class=\"\">industrial <\/span><span class=\"\">consumers. At<\/span><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"\">the <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">same <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">time, <\/span><span class=\"\">sources <\/span><span class=\"\">also <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">claimed <\/span><span class=\"\">that <\/span><span class=\"\">the <\/span><span class=\"\">management of <\/span><span class=\"\">LESCO <\/span><span class=\"\">has <\/span><span class=\"\">issued <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">directions <\/span><span class=\"\">to <\/span><span class=\"\">the <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">employees not to<\/span><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">reconnect <\/span><span class=\"\">the <\/span><span class=\"\">electricity <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">supply <\/span><span class=\"\">in <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">case <\/span><span class=\"\">it <\/span><span class=\"\">was <\/span><span class=\"\">disconnected <\/span><span class=\"\">due <\/span><span class=\"\">to <\/span><span class=\"\">non-payment <\/span><span class=\"\">until <\/span><span class=\"\">full <\/span><span class=\"\">recovery <\/span><span class=\"\">has <\/span><span class=\"\">been <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">made.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Sources say that Lahore Electricity Supply Company (LESCO ) has fully banned installment options for electricity bills in June so that the recovery target can be achieved. According to instructions from the newly issued order, customers would not be given any installments on present and due bills anymore, and field officials would collect the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":49260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[9827],"class_list":["post-115464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-latest-news","tag-lesco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115465,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115464\/revisions\/115465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}