Monday, October 03, 2011

Load shedding causes riots nationwide

LAHORE/FAISALABAD: Rampant load shedding has brought about mass protests across Pakistan breaking the back of already crippled business activities. Dozens of people of Cooperative Store, Tezab Ahata, Railway Quarters and Sawami Nagar on Sunday staged a protest demonstration against prolonged load shedding in front of the residence of Punjab Education Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman. The demonstrators blocked the main GT Road and Garhi Shahu bridge and set ablaze tyres. Meanwhile, a number of protests were held in various locality of the provincial capital against unscheduled and long-hour load shedding. After remaining without powers on Sunday, people went berserk to stage mass protests shouting anti-government slogans, burning tyres, blocking roads, staging sit ins and ransacking FESCO premises in Faisalabad. Gujranwala was the same story. Powerless sufferers over there gave their ire a vent by burning tyres on the GT Road. People also protested over long hours of load shedding and resultant shortage of water in Sialkot, Multan, DG Khan, Muzafargarh and several other cities. In Rawalpindi and Islamabad, unannounced load shedding hours have increased up to 6-8 hours. agencies

Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk

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