Demonstrations in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against excessive power cuts

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Updated: March 27, 2023 01:11 IS

Islamabad (Pakistan), March 27 (ANI): Stores in Pakistan‘s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday carried out mass demonstrations against the government for excessive Energy cutand staff shortages at the Nadra and Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) offices.
PakistanThe ‘s economy is facing the worst crisis in history, as people face enormous challenges of Energy cuts, acute wheat shortages and skyrocketing prices as people fast in the holy month of Ramzan.
Residents of Samarbagh Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tehsil on Saturday held a protest rally against excess Energy cuts and staff shortage in Nadra and bishop’s offices, reported Dawn.
Protesters blocked the main road in Shahi and chanted against the government for failing to address their demands. Samarbagh Tehsil President Saeed Ahmad, Haji Rehman, Hameed Khan and others addressed the rally, according to the Dawn report.
Saeed Ahmad warned that people would close the offices of BISP and Nadra if the necessary staff were not deployed there.

Other speakers lamented that the poor, including women, were being humiliated by having to wait in long lines for hours to receive a 10-kilogram bag of flour, which was also of inferior quality.
During the protest, speakers at the rally said the government has failed to control speculation and hoarding in Ramazan, making it difficult for the poor to make ends meet, according to the Dawn report.
They said that the prices of fruits and vegetables were beyond the purchasing power of ordinary people. The speakers said that the people of Darangal, Miskini, Asharkor, Tettar and Barchonai had no power supply for the past three days. The protesters dispersed after additional assistant commissioner Nauman Pervez held talks with them.
Meanwhile, residents of the Kohat region of Pakistan they have been challenging the prolonged suspension of gas and electricity since the start of Ramazan, Dawn reported. People have started complaining about the prolonged shutdown of gas and electricity in Kohat.
The prolonged suspension of gas and electricity has dashed consumers’ hopes for a “soft” supply in the month of fasting as promised by the government, according to the press report.
Sajid Islam, a local resident, said the Peshawar High Court had said that residents of a gas-producing district should have the installation without interruption, according to the news report. However, Sajid Islam stressed that Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) was violating court orders.
Residents of urban and rural regions have complained that the gas supply was cut off from 10:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. Another resident named Hadi said that consumers had been in a bind since the start of Ramazan as they faced a prolonged power outage. (ME TOO)