QESCO Online Bill — Check & Print Duplicate

How to check your QESCO bill online in 60 seconds

1. Locate any past QESCO paper bill. In the top-left panel you'll find a 14-digit reference number printed above the barcode. It looks like 12345678901234.
2. Paste that number into the search box above. Our checker strips spaces and dashes automatically.
3. Press Check bill. A new tab opens on the official PITC portal (bill.pitc.com.pk) with your current month's QESCO bill already loaded.
4. Use Print → Save as PDF in your browser to keep a copy. That PDF is a fully-valid legal bill accepted at every Pakistani bank, JazzCash, Easypaisa and utility store.
5. To pay, walk into any bank with the printed bill, or open your bank / wallet app and use the same reference number under Utility Bills → Electricity → QESCO.

The whole flow takes under a minute and works from a phone browser. You do not need a QESCO account, login, OTP or app install — PITC's bill lookup is a public page. If the reference is old or a digit is off, PITC returns "Given Ref/App No is invalid" — double-check for a leading zero.

Where to find your QESCO reference number if you've lost every bill

• Ask a neighbour with the same DISCO — reference numbers are printed on every bill; you just need to know how yours starts (region prefix).
• SMS your meter number to 8118 from any mobile registered against the connection; QESCO replies with the reference within a minute.
• Call 118 — the QESCO helpline. Have your CNIC, meter number and connection address ready.
• Visit the nearest QESCO Customer Service Centre with your CNIC and the property document. Staff can print a bill and reference slip on the spot for free.
• Check the PITC "Search by Customer ID" option on the official portal — the 10-digit Customer ID is smaller than the 14-digit ref number but works for lookups too.

Understanding your QESCO bill line by line

Every QESCO bill has the same structure, standardised by NEPRA. Here's what each block means:

• Consumer particulars — reference number, name, address, tariff category (A-1 residential, A-2 commercial, B industrial, D agricultural), sanctioned load in kW, meter serial. Getting the tariff category wrong is the single most common overcharge — verify it every couple of months.
• Reading & consumption — Previous Reading, Current Reading, Units Consumed (kWh), Multiplication Factor (usually 1 for single-phase meters, higher for CT-metered connections), Number of Days in the billing cycle.
• Slab charges — variable energy charge broken down slab-wise (1-100, 101-200, 201-300, 301-400, 401-500, 501-600, 601-700, above 700 for unprotected; 1-100 and 101-200 only for protected). Every unit above a slab boundary jumps to the higher rate.
• Fuel Price Adjustment (FPA) — a per-unit adder or refund reflecting the previous month's actual fuel cost of generation. Positive when oil / LNG prices rose; occasionally negative when hydel generation was high.
• Quarterly Tariff Adjustment (QTA) — three-monthly adjustment for capacity and transmission cost variance. Notified by NEPRA.
• Taxes & fees — 1.5% Electricity Duty on variable charges, 18% GST on the total, Rs. 35 PTV licence fee for residential connections, 7.5% withholding income tax if the bill exceeds Rs. 25,000, plus any Financing Cost Surcharge if notified.
• Arrears & LPS — unpaid previous bills carry forward as arrears. A Late Payment Surcharge of 10% is added if you miss the due date.
• Payable within / after due date — the two headline figures. Always pay before the due date; the LPS often exceeds the QTA it's added on top of.

Protected vs unprotected — the biggest lever on your QESCO bill

NEPRA classifies domestic consumers into two categories: Protected (used ≤ 200 units per month for the previous six consecutive months) and Unprotected (everyone else). Protected consumers pay dramatically discounted rates in the 1-100 and 101-200 slabs — roughly Rs. 11-14 per unit versus Rs. 16-23 per unit for unprotected. A single month above 200 units resets the six-month clock, so households near the threshold should monitor consumption carefully in summer.

See our full guide on protected vs unprotected consumers for the current rate table and threshold rules.

Every way to pay your QESCO bill

• JazzCash → Bill Payments → Electricity → QESCO → paste 14-digit reference → pay from wallet or linked card.
• Easypaisa → Pay Bill → Electricity → QESCO → same flow. Both apps show the outstanding amount before you confirm.
• Any 1LINK bank app — HBL, Meezan, UBL, MCB, Alfalah, Askari, ABL, Bank Al Habib, Faysal, Standard Chartered, BankIslami, JS Bank, Soneri, Bank of Punjab, Sindh Bank and 20+ more. Look under Utility Bills → Electricity.
• Over the counter at NBP, HBL, UBL, MCB, Alfalah, ABL, Bank Al Habib, Meezan and other authorised branches with the printed bill.
• ATM — most bank ATMs support utility bill payments; select Bill Payment → Electricity.
• Post office — Pakistan Post accepts electricity bill payments at any GPO branch.
• Auto-debit — set up a standing instruction through your bank so QESCO is paid on the due date every month automatically.
• Roshan Digital Account holders can pay from abroad in USD/GBP/EUR through their RDA bank.

Keep the digital receipt for at least six months. If PITC's billing doesn't post your payment (a common issue after wallet payments), the receipt is the only proof you paid on time and avoids an LPS on the next bill.

Common QESCO billing issues

• Bill dramatically higher than usual — first check the current reading against your actual meter. Estimated (K, D or DEF-code) readings are common when meter readers can't access the meter. If the reading is inflated, take dated photos of the meter and file a complaint on 118 or via the online complaint portal.
• Wrong tariff category — if a domestic consumer is being billed at commercial rates, submit an application at the QESCO Customer Service Centre with your CNIC, the wrongly-billed bill and property document. Correction takes 1-2 billing cycles.
• Multiple bills for one connection — happens after connection transfer. Both the previous and new consumer numbers can carry active bills for a month. Pay the new one; call 118 to close the old.
• Disconnected despite payment — reconnection charge is Rs. 300-500 for domestic. Take the payment receipt to the QESCO SDO office; they order reconnection within 24 hours.
• Detection bill — a large one-time charge added if the meter reader flags theft or a slow meter. You have the right to a hearing before payment; do not pay under duress.

About QESCO

Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) is one of the 10 government-owned Distribution Companies (DISCOs) formed after WAPDA's unbundling in the late 1990s. It is responsible for distributing electricity, meter reading, billing and consumer services across All of Balochistan. Generation and transmission are handled separately by GENCOs and NTDC; QESCO only manages the last mile — the poles, wires and meters in your neighbourhood.

Like every WAPDA DISCO, QESCO's billing runs through the shared PITC (Power Information Technology Company) platform, which is why the reference-number lookup at bill.pitc.com.pk works identically across MEPCO, LESCO, IESCO, GEPCO, FESCO, PESCO, HESCO, SEPCO, QESCO and TESCO. Tariff and slab rates are set uniformly by NEPRA; only the FPA and QTA components vary slightly between DISCOs.