Pakistan’s Gojra Saddar police on Tuesday registered two cases against 158 people for protesting against inflated power bills and blocking the M-4 at two points between Gojra and Toba Tek Singh interchanges on Monday, Dawn reported.
Adding to the ongoing protest on inflated power bills, political party activists joined the common citizens in staging demonstrations in the provincial capital and other regions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reported The News International.
Caretaker Information Minister of Pakistan, Murtaza Solangi, stated on Monday that the energy ministry has prepared recommendations to address the problem of exorbitant power bills, which has led to nationwide protests, and that they will be presented in the federal cabinet meeting on Tuesda
Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said that it was time to review the national power supply policy which he stressed was in favour of certain classes and exploited the poor.
Following Pakistan Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar held an emergency meeting on Sunday over inflated-power bills, consumers continued to stage protests in the country on Monday as the government would hold another round of meeting today to discuss the issue, reported Dawn.
Reacting to the recent announcements made by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on reducing prices of electricity bills and providing LPG cylinders at the cost of Rs 450, Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Monday said that the defeat of BJP government is certain in
In an order issued on Sunday, the party's secretary general Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari directed workers to protest at the city union council and tehsil levels.
Every day in Pakistan, more people are joining the nationwide protest against excessive electricity prices. As a form of protest, people are taking to the streets and burning their banknotes, ARY News reported.
Amid country-wide protests over inflated power bills, Pakistan Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar held an emergency meeting on Sunday over the rising issue of electricity rates and inflated consumer bills, reported Dawn.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) blamed the Pakistan Muslim League-N party for the expensive electricity and also warned that the raye might jump around Pakistani Rupee (PKR) 85 per unit in the next few months.
Pakistan caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul-haq Kakar called an emergency meeting on August 27 after the nationwide protests erupted and hashtags against the massive electricity bills started trending on social media