Protest against loadshedding

Published September 17, 2007

LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Sept 16: Angry residents sprayed bullets on the gate of the Landi Kotal grid station on Saturday night in protest against excessive loadshedding during Ramazan.

However, no one was hurt.

The protesters chanted slogans against Wapda and political authorities.

They said prolonged unannounced loadshedding was being observed in the area at the time of Iftar and Sehri.

The local administration has registered a case against unknown people on a complaint of grid station officials. —Correspondent

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