Sunday, 28 July 2013

Protracted power cuts: ‘City of Pirs’ erupts in violent protests

Demons­trator­s in Multan attack police, ransac­k MEPCO office­s.  A police officer looks at the damage caused to the Mepco office. PHOTO: INP

Irate protesters burnt and vandalised Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) offices and police stations on Friday in protest against unscheduled load-shedding and non-replacement of obsolete electricity transformers.
The first demonstration was organised near Garden Town Colony on the National Highway connecting Multan with South

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