Government departments and residents owe about 900 million afghanis to Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) in unpaid power bills in southern Kandahar province, an official said on Sunday. DABS chief for Kandahar Amanullah Farooqi told Pajhwok Afghan…
The rehabilitation of electricity pylons through which electricity is supplied to Kabul and ten provinces has been completed at the cost of 10 million Afghanis, an official said on Friday. Wahidullah Tawhidi, spokesperson for the Da Afghanistan Breshana…
The power supply problem will be resolved with extension of a permanent transmission line to Kabul by Wednesday evening, authorities say. Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) said work on fixing a permanent power transmission line in Salang would…
KABUL Breshna Shirkat (DABS) and Attorney General Office (AGO) have inked a memorandum of understanding on prosecuting power thieves and those damaging electrical facilities. A statement from the power utility said Deputy Attorney General Habib Jalal and DABS head Eng.…
KABUL Breshna Shirkat (DABS) on Tuesday disconnected electricity to nine major defaulters including some high profile figures in Kabul. Khalid Stanekzai, DABS head, identified the nine individuals as Almas Zahid, a former senior advisor to President Ghani, Haji Muqim, brother…
KABUL Breshna Sherkat (DABS) collects extra 10 afghanis as bill printing charge, something they termed unfair. According to the power utility, it has 475,000 consumers all over the country and based on their number, the power utility collects 4.7 million…
KABUL Breshan Sherkat (DABS) on Monday expressed its inability to collect electricity bills from 37 districts in seven provinces for security reasons while government offices and strongmen owed nine million afghanis in unpaid bills. Amanullah Ghalib, DABS head, briefed lawmakers…
KABUL candidates were pressuring the power distribution company to provide 24 hours electricity to their regions as part of their campaign. According to the Independent Election Commission (IEC), the electoral campaign for the Oct 20 Wolesi Jirga will continue for…
KABUL Breshna Sherkat (DABS) and Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the use of Public Credit Registry system aimed at providing regular credit reports, a statement from the power utility said on Sunday. DAB…
KABUL Bresha Shirkat (DABS) on Tuesday inked a contract with Azizi Bank for online payment of electricity bills and started distributing solar heaters. Addressing reporters here, DABS head Amanullah Ghaleb said industries and individuals who consumed more than one megawatt…
KABUL Breshana Shirkat (ABS) in a more than 200 billion afghanis disappearance claim as ‘a technical mistake.’ The MEC said the mentioned amount had directly been spent by the donors and the DABS had no role in allocation of those…
KABUL Breshna Shirkat (DABS) would refer individuals owing above five million afghanis in unpaid bills to the power utility to the Serious Crime Department for putting them on the Exit Control List (ECL), an official said Sunday. In addition, the…
Electricity supply to central capital Kabul was restored permanently after the Taliban blew up pylons in northern Baghlan province, fracturing the supply, the power utility said on Monday. In Kabul, Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) said militants destroyed the pylon with a bomb some…
Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) office in southwestern Nimroz province has introduced more than 370 consumers to the attorney’s office over refusing to pay electricity bills. Eng Abdul Bari Latifi, DABS director in Nimroz, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
KABUL Breshna Shirkat (DABS) officials to eight months in jail each over ‘false play’ in a power station project in Laghman province. The three senior DABS officials, including a former procurement head and owner of a private company, had been…
KABUL Breshana Shirkat (DABS) has inked contracts worth 251 million afghanis with private companies for providing required materials for uplift projects. DABS’s monthly revenue is 100 million afghanis at time when Taliban militants collect electricity bills from consumers in 16…
KABUL Breshna Shirkat (DABS, the Joint Anti-Corruption and Evaluation Committee (MEC) claimed on Saturday. Ajmal Shaker, evaluation in-charge at MEC, told reporters they had newly conducted a research about corruption at the power utility. He added: “This research was conducted…
KABUL Breshna Shirkat (DABS) or power utility on Tuesday announced reducing the period of load-shedding in capital Kabul from 12 hours to eight hours after December 6. Kabul city has been experiencing frequent load-shedding over the past one month as…
KABUL Breshna Shirkat (DABS), the power utility, on Sunday signed contracts with three companies for extending electricity to four districts in western Heart province. The $16 million power supply project is being implemented in Obe, Karukh, Chishti Sharif and Pashtun…
KABUL Breshna Shirkat (DABS) on Sunday decided to install computerized electricity meters to business centers, government offices, factories and individuals defaulting on power bills. The decision was taken at a meeting held here between DABS executive director and head of…
KABUL Breshan Shirkat (DABS) over massive corruption in collection of power bills, but the power utility rejected the accusations. Shukria Paikan, a lawmaker from Kunduz province told the house’s today session, “Offering electricity service has turned to one of a…
KABUL Breshna Sherkat (DABS) on Wednesday said it had shared with the National Security Council (NSC) the beating of its workers by bodyguards of the Nangarhar governor. DABS spokesman in Kabul, Wahidullah Tawhidi, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a campaign…
Civilians, half of government institutions and officials owe three billion and 300 millions afghanis to Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) in unpaid electricity bills, an official said on Monday. DABS spokesman Wahidullah Tawhidi told a press conference here…
KABUL Breshna Shirkat (DABS) and appointed their deputies as acting heads of their respective departments, a well-placed source said. Heads of operation, finance, commerce, Kabul branch and PMO project have been sacked, according to a knowledgeable official, who said the…
