{"id":63288,"date":"2020-03-27T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T05:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63288"},"modified":"2020-03-26T18:37:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T13:37:25","slug":"ke-extends-due-dates-bills-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ke-extends-due-dates-bills-payment.html","title":{"rendered":"KE suspends physical meter-reading practice; extends due date for bills payment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The K-Electric (KE) management has announced its decision to suspend its officials&#8217; physical meter-reading practice due to the health hazards posed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic &#8211; in a bid to safeguard both its employees and customers, a news source reported. Further, it has notified an extension in the due date for the payments of bills below PKR 4,000 for the month of March \u2013 stretching it to April 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lcci-demands-govt-postpone-cnic-condition-waive-off-electricity-bills.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"LCCI demands govt to postpone CNIC condition, waive off electricity bills (opens in a new tab)\">LCCI demands govt to postpone CNIC condition, waive off electricity bills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the company, electricity bills to residential\nand commercial customers will be calculated on the basis of their average\nnumber of units consumed, in line with the guidelines issued by National\nElectric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) for instances where physical\nmeter-reading is not possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a precaution against coronavirus, consumers can see and download their bills by visiting KE\u2019s website at www.ke.com.pk. Moreover, these individuals can receive their bill through SMS alerts by texting \u2018Bill\u2019 space 13-digit KE account number to 8119.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/use-alternate-energy-sources-reduce-electricity-bills-ayub.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Use of alternate energy sources to reduce electricity bills: Ayub (opens in a new tab)\">Use of alternate energy sources to reduce electricity bills: Ayub<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KE has also advised consumers to avoid visiting banks for\nbill payments. Mobile banking, Easy Paisa, Jazz Cash and ATM services have been\nrecommended for the payments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The K-Electric (KE) management has announced its decision to suspend its officials&#8217; physical meter-reading practice due to the health hazards posed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic &#8211; in a bid to safeguard both its employees and customers, a news source reported. Further, it has notified an extension in the due date for the payments of bills below PKR 4,000 for the month of March \u2013 stretching it to April 10. Read: LCCI demands govt to postpone CNIC condition, waive off electricity bills According to the company, electricity bills to residential and commercial customers will be calculated on the basis of their average number of units consumed, in line with the guidelines issued by National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) for instances where physical meter-reading is not possible. As a precaution against coronavirus, consumers can see and download their bills by visiting KE\u2019s website at www.ke.com.pk. Moreover, these individuals can receive their bill through SMS alerts by texting \u2018Bill\u2019 space 13-digit KE account number to 8119. Read: Use of alternate energy sources to reduce electricity bills: Ayub KE has also advised consumers to avoid visiting banks for bill payments. Mobile banking, Easy Paisa, Jazz Cash and ATM services have been&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":61673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[24371],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63288","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-ke-suspends-physical-meter-reading-practice-extends-due-date-for-bills-payment","9":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KE extends due dates for bills payment - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karachi: The K-Electric (KE) management has announced its decision to suspend its officials&#039; physical meter-reading practice due to the health hazards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ke-extends-due-dates-bills-payment.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KE extends due dates for bills payment - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karachi: The K-Electric (KE) management has announced its decision to suspend its officials&#039; 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