HYDERABAD, Jan 2 Different Shia organisations have criticised Hesco for carrying out loadshedding for hours together when Majalis are held and mourning processions are taken out at night.

Markazi Tanzeem Aza Latifabad at a press conference at the press club here on Friday appealed to Hesco to refrain from loadshedding at night.

Syed Aftab Hussain Jafri, Syed Fazil Hasnain Jafri and other office- bearers of the organisation said that there was no loadshedding in Ramazan when the price of furnace oil in the international market was higher than its present price.

They said that agent saboteurs may create disturbances at Majalis and mourning processions during loadshedding. They said that water supply was also being badly affected due to loadshedding and dirty water had been accumulated outside Imam Bargahs and mosques, creating problems for the faithful.

They said that it was high time Hesco realised its responsibility and refrained from loadshedding at night.

Meanwhile, Azadar Rabita Committee staged a protest demonstration against Hesco outside the press club.

Opinion

Editorial

On press freedoms
Updated 03 May, 2026

On press freedoms

THE citizenry forgets, to its own peril, how important a free and independent media is in the preservation of their...
Inflation strain
03 May, 2026

Inflation strain

PAKISTAN’S return to double-digit inflation after 21 months signals renewed economic strain where external shocks...
Troubled waters
03 May, 2026

Troubled waters

PAKISTAN’S water crisis is often framed in terms of scarcity. Increasingly, it is also a crisis of contamination....
Iran stalemate
Updated 02 May, 2026

Iran stalemate

THE US and Iran are currently somewhere between war and peace. While a tenuous ceasefire — extended largely due to...
Tax shortfall
02 May, 2026

Tax shortfall

THE Rs684bn shortfall in tax collection during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is a continuation of a...
Teaching inclusion
02 May, 2026

Teaching inclusion

DISCRIMINATORY and exclusionary content in Punjab’s textbooks has been flagged in Inclusive Education for a United...