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Pakistan authorities have rejected claims circulating online that its power companies are charging more for electricity during morning peak hours, calling the posts "actionable disinformation". There is still only one peak hour period in the evening throughout the country.

"Morning hours are also counted as peak hours ... Loot with both hands, loot the public," reads an Urdu-language post on X on July 12, 2025.

It includes a screenshot of a table titled "Regional Peak Hours by Distribution Company" listing peak hour periods in the morning and evening from different Pakistan power companies.

The same table was also shared elsewhere on Facebook and TikTok.

Soaring fuel costs globally, coupled with demands from the International Monetary Fund to slash government subsidies, led successive Pakistani administrations to repeatedly hike electricity costs (archived link).

Prices have fluctuated since 2022 but peaked at a 155-percent increase, and power bills sometimes outweigh rents.

However, the country's power companies have not introduced additional peak hour charges for the morning.

A reverse image search found the Ministry of Energy rejected the claim by reposting one such false post on X (archived link).

"There is no change in electricity peak hours. Claims about the inclusion of morning hours as peak hours are completely false and misleading. Peak hours remain...

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