ISLAMABAD - Promptly responding to Pakistan’s request, Iran has resumed the supply of electricity to Makran division of Balochistan province in a span of 24 hours. 
“I am grateful to the Ambassador of Iran in Pakistan for promptly accepting my request and normalising the flow of electricity to the Makran division,” said Federal Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar via tweet here Friday.” In the meanwhile we are also bringing forward the timelines of the project that seeks to connect these areas to the national grid,” the minister said in his second tweet.
A day earlier Pakistan had contacted Iran for the early restoration of supply of 100mw electricity as the issue of power outages has further aggravated in three districts of Balochistan including Gwadar, Kech and Panjgur of Makran division. The minister for energy Hammad Azhar had attributed the load shedding in Makran division to the Power shortfalls in Iran. On Thursday the federal minister for energy Hammad Azhar had called the Iranian ambassador to Pakistan and stressed the need for the swift restoration of power supply to Pakistan. The Iranian ambassador had assured for the early restoration of power supply and said that they are taking steps in this regard.
Makran division is not connected to the national grid and dependent upon Iranian power supply. To meet the electricity demand of the area, Pakistan is importing 100mw electricity from Iran and Quetta Electricity Supply Company (QESCO) is supplying it to Makran division through 132 kV transmission line. However due to disruption of supply from the neighbouring Iran,  all the three districts of Makran division including Gwadar, Kech and Panjgur were facing daily 16 to 18 hours of power outages. The total demand of Makran division is around 150mw and even the electricity supply from Iran can only cater for 70 per cent of the total demand of the area.