{"id":11029,"date":"2023-10-05T09:01:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T09:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/remote-controlled-electricity-theft-uncovered-in-pakistan\/"},"modified":"2023-10-05T09:01:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T09:01:04","slug":"remote-controlled-electricity-theft-uncovered-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/remote-controlled-electricity-theft-uncovered-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote-controlled electricity theft uncovered in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_98\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>For the first time in Pakistan\u2019s history, ARY News\u2019 anchor Iqrar-ul-Hassan-led Team Sar-e-Aam has exposed remote-controlled electricity theft in Punjab.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Sar e Aam team nay caroron rupe ki bijli chori ka raz fash kardiya\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/98gcV6Zsbro?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As the world is welcoming the latest technologies with every passing day, electricity pilfers have also adopted modern techniques for power stealing to remain safe from the concerned authorities.<\/p>\n<p>As per details, the scandal involving billions of rupees worth of electricity theft was uncovered by Team Sar-e-Aam in Punjab\u2019s\u00a0 Industrial area, leaving Water And Power Development Authority\u2019s (WADA) technical staff astonished.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more: <a title=\"Senate body recommends \u2018free electricity\u2019 for mosques issuing \u2018fatwa\u2019 against power theft\" href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/senate-body-free-electricity-mosques-fatwa-power-theft\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Senate body recommends \u2018free electricity\u2019 for mosques issuing \u2018fatwa\u2019 against power theft<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Talking to ARY News team, WAPDA officials stated that it is the first time they have seen such type of electricity theft in the MDI meters, which are usually considered as safe and cannot be manipulated.<\/p>\n<p>The electricity was being stolen by an industrial unit by using remote control.<\/p>\n<p>It may be noted that the caretaker government has launched a crackdown on power thieves across the country to minimize the losses in the power sector to ease circular debt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in Pakistan\u2019s history, ARY News\u2019 anchor Iqrar-ul-Hassan-led Team Sar-e-Aam has exposed remote-controlled electricity theft in Punjab. As the world is welcoming the latest technologies with every passing day, electricity pilfers have also adopted modern techniques for power stealing to remain safe from the concerned authorities. 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