The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) started offering free local calls on its network during 11pm to 6am from Saturday (yesterday), Senior Executive Vice President (Commercial) Dr Sadiq Al Jadir said on Saturday. He said the company was charging affordable rates on all nationwide and international calls. He said the company would soon start a free voice mail service. I couldn’t find this info on ptcl.com.pk.

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• Lower the temperature in your hot-water heater
• Have one person in your office turn off and unplug appliances at the end of the day
• Unplug unused appliances at home; boom boxes and cable boxes are particularly bad energy hogs
• Turn off your PC if you’re not using it for a couple of hours or more
• Turn thermostats down when it’s cold out, up when it’s warm out
• Rearrange furniture in your home to take advantage of natural lighting
• Replace incandescent lightbulbs with CFLs
• Use power strips that let you turn off multiple appliances at once
• Unplug your clothes dryer and use a clothesline instead
• Replace your showerhead with a more efficient model
• Take shorter showers
• Turn off the TV
• Use space heaters or air conditioners to heat or cool only the rooms you need to use
• Check seals on windows, doors and refrigerators
• Keep a flashlight handy for late-night bathroom trips instead of turning on lights
• Have camp lanterns and hand-cranked lighting handy
• Cook quick meals in the microwave instead of using the oven or a slow-cooker
• Don’t wash clothes unless they really need it; wear items two or more times if not offensive to yourself or others
• Wash dishes by hand in a single sinkful of water instead of using the dishwasher
• Switch to a wind-up alarm clock
• Grill outdoors instead of cooking inside
• Remove lightbulbs in multi-bulb fixtures where one or two bulbs will do
• Turn off heat or air conditioning when not at home (or leave on just enough to keep pipes from freezing, or to keep plants and animals comfortable)
• Turn off unnecessary store and electronics displays
• Vacuum refrigerator coils to ensure top efficiency
• Empty and unplug duplicate fridges, freezers, TVs and clocks
• Start car-pooling, walking or cycling
• Turn off plant and fishtank lights, and relocate plants and fish to sunnier parts of the house
• Cancel your cable/satellite TV service
• Run your shower just long enough to get wet, then turn off, soap up and turn water on again just long enough to rinse
• Cut down on Internet surfing, computer gaming, etc.
• Take “sink” baths instead of showers

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After india and china, Pakistan ranked # 3; see this report 25 COUNTRIES
WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL BENEFITS FROM SOLAR COOKERS

Some interesting facts.

As we are facing a huge shortage of power, it can also be seen as a very good opportunity to go green, save  resources and be comfortable. I would suggest , start converting your old dish antenna frames in parabolic solar cookers, even better attach a stirling engine with it and run your electronics (at least) off the grid. Some more info on stirling engine based power generation projects.

Not sure if anyone manufactures solar or wind power generation machines in Pakistan?

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