PAKISTAN

LAHORE/HYDERABAD: Severe load shedding continued across the country as prolonged power cuts made common man’s life miserable.

Hyderabad, Sukkur, Khairpur, Noshehro Feroz, Ghotki, Obaro, Nawabshah, Jaccobabad, Mirpur Khas and Larkana experiencing eight-hour load shedding in urban areas and 18- hour load shedding in rural areas.

More than ten-hour load shedding affected industrial activities in Sialkot and Faisalabad whereas daily life also affected in different areas of Punjab due to 12 to 14 hours load shedding. Balochistan, NWFP and Azad Kashmir also passing through prolonged power cuts. Common expressed anger over organizations responsible for electric supply and demanded stern action against them and reduction in the duration of load shedding.