TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 5: The Faisalabad Electric Supply Company set a new record by suspending power supply for 19 hours. On Saturday, electricity supply remained suspended for continuous seven hours.

Public circles have condemned the Wapda for prolonged loadshedding and demanded of the political parties to pay attention to the issue.

SIALKOT: The city was badly hit by outages on Saturday as power supply remained suspended for seven hours, paralysing industrial and business activities.

Reports said electricity supply was discontinued for seven hours in almost all congested residential and commercial areas.

Outages were also observed in Daska, Pasrur, Sambrial and the surrounding areas. The rural areas witnessed power suspension for more than 10 hours.

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