TESCO Load Shedding Schedule: 20 to 21 Hours a Day on 35 of 48 Feeders in Khyber, Bajaur, Mohmand and Kurram (Checked 10 November 2026)

The Tribal Areas Electricity Supply Company (TESCO) supplies the merged tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Kurram, Orakzai and North and South Waziristan. Its menu link titled "Load-Shudding Schedule" opens the Load Management Portal of the Power Information Technology Company (PITC). We used that portal to read the planned hours on every TESCO feeder our searches returned.

TESCO load shedding hours by feeder, checked 10 November 2026

Planned TESCO load shedding on 10 November 2026 was 20 or 21 hours a day on 35 of the 48 feeders we checked. That means about 3 to 4 hours of power a day for homes on those feeders. Bazaar, industrial, border and express feeders mostly had 0 hours.

We searched PITC's feeder list by grid station name for Bajaur, Ghallanai, Landi Kotal, Jamrud, Parachinar, Jandola and Bannu, then opened each TESCO feeder the search returned at about 3:40 am on 10 November. "Planned hours" is PITC's "Planned Load Shedding" figure for the day. "Off on 9 Nov" is PITC's "Yesterday Outage History".

The Parachinar feeders and Sur Qamar-3 show 0 hours off on 9 November despite 20 or 21 planned hours. We cannot tell from the portal whether that is missing data or a full day of power. On most other feeders, the recorded hours were close to the plan. Sara Rogha at Jandola and Khyber Express at New Jamrud recorded 24 hours off on 9 November, a full day without supply.

Grid by grid: where the long cuts are

Every grid we checked had long cuts on its ordinary feeders. The share of feeders at 20 or 21 hours ran from 6 of 9 at Ghallanai to 4 of 5 at Parachinar and Jandola.

Three feeders sat in between. Munda in Bajaur had 5 hours, Jamrud Express had 6, and Riyasat Kali Nawagai had 2.

Why some TESCO feeders get 0 hours and most get 20

PITC gives every feeder a "Category" from 1 to 7. On the TESCO feeders we checked, all 34 category 7 feeders had 20 or 21 planned hours, and all 9 category 1 feeders had 0. The one exception to the pattern was the Mir Ali line from Bannu, in category 3 but planned for 21 hours. PITC prints the same number again under "Line Loss", which suggests the category tracks losses on the feeder.

The 0 hour feeders are the kind that serve businesses, institutions and key routes. They include Landi Kotal Bazar, Torkham Express (Afghan border), NLC-BCP, Ghallanai Bazar, Shati Khel Industrial, Atomic Energy and Cadet College Spinkai. Ordinary village and town feeders were almost all in category 7.

Planned hours can change when losses fall or when a feeder is reclassified. Our power company cost recovery comparison shows how bill recovery varies between companies, and our guide to when load shedding breaks NEPRA's rules explains what the regulator allows.

How to check your TESCO load shedding schedule online

Open the PITC Load Management Portal and type your reference number. It shows today's planned hours, tomorrow's hourly plan and the hours your feeder was actually off. It is free and works on a phone browser.

1. Open ccms.pitc.com.pk/FeederDetails, or tap "Load-Shudding Schedule" under Consumer Services on tesco.gov.pk.
2. Type your 14 digit reference number from your TESCO bill, or your 6 digit feeder code.
3. Read "Planned Load Shedding" for today's total hours.
4. Check the "Tomorrow Schedule" column to see which hours will be off.
5. Compare "Actual Outage Today" with the plan, and call 118 if it runs well over.

If you do not know your feeder code, PITC's feeder search at ccms.pitc.com.pk/flsfeeder_index searches by grid station name. Your reference number is on your bill, which you can download free from our TESCO bill check page. The same portal works for every company, as our load shedding by reference number guide shows.

How to complain about a TESCO outage

Call 118, or register a complaint online at ccms.pitc.com.pk/complaint, which TESCO's website links as "Register CCMS Complaint". Complain when your feeder is off longer than planned, or when a 0 hour feeder goes off.

A fault is different from load shedding. PITC marks a fault as "OFF (Unplanned)". At about 3:40 am on 10 November, feeders including New Khyber and Piro Khel at Landi Kotal, Pashat in Bajaur and Lakkarai No-1 at Ghallanai showed that status. A fault complaint gets a ticket number, so keep it. If the company does not fix it, the next step is NEPRA, through the routes in our NEPRA complaint guide. Peshawar and the settled districts are served by PESCO, whose hours are in our PESCO load shedding schedule.

Common questions

How many hours of load shedding does TESCO do?

On 10 November 2026, 35 of the 48 TESCO feeders we checked had 20 or 21 planned hours a day. Ten had none.

Is there load shedding in Landi Kotal bazaar?

The Landi Kotal Bazar feeder had 0 planned hours on 10 November. Seven village feeders at the same grid had 20.

What is the load shedding schedule in Bajaur?

Seven of the 10 Bajaur grid feeders we checked had 21 planned hours. Munda had 5 and Sahil Food had 0.

Where is TESCO's official load shedding schedule?

TESCO's website links its "Load-Shudding Schedule" to PITC's portal at ccms.pitc.com.pk/FeederDetails, which shows each feeder's hours.

Can I see tomorrow's TESCO load shedding?

Yes. The portal's hourly table has a "Tomorrow Schedule" column for your feeder.

What number do I call for a TESCO complaint?

Call 118, or register online at ccms.pitc.com.pk/complaint.

How we verified this

What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.

We read the Consumer Services menu on tesco.gov.pk on 10 November 2026. We checked every feeder in the table on PITC's Load Management Portal at about 3:40 am PKT on 10 November 2026. Planned hours change, so check your own feeder on the day.