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How Pakistan's electricity crisis is leading to rising spectre of social u
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The heat of inflation in electricity prices in Pakistan has been growing steeply with prices soaring, leading to social unrest in the society, and the situation will need Islamabad to undertake a number of comprehensive efforts, The News International reported.
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Pakistan: Electricity crisis triggers protests in Karachi
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi city in Pakistan is witnessing massive protests due to scorching temperatures and a severe electricity crisis, ARY News reported on Monday.
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Protests in PoK's Gilgit-Baltistan over wheat, electricity shortage
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In Gilgit Baltistan, many residents including women gathered at the intersection and blocked Shahrah-i-Quaid-i-Azam to protest up to 22 hours of daily power outages in their area.
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Pakistan ends electricity subsidy for people of PoK
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Pakistani government has ended their subsidy on electricity and the tariff has been revoked for the illegally-occupied region of Pakistan.
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Pakistan's nationwide electricity blackout serves as warning of dystopian
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The power system in Pakistan has long been a source of frustration and difficulty for its citizens. The latest power outage, which left millions without electricity, is just the latest example of a chronic problem that has plagued the country for years.
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Protests erupt in PoK as residents grapple with economic, flour crisis
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Frustrated residents in the illegally-occupied region of Muzaffarabad staged a protest against the spike in the prices of flour, according to Pakistan's vernacular media Kashmir Dharti, Siasat.
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Terror threat to Chinese engineers, protest against wheat and electricity
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Thousands of people and leaders and activists belonging to Awami Action Committee, Anjuman-e-Tajiran, transporters associations, Gilgit-Pakhtun Welfare Organisation, Karakoram National Movement, Balawaristan National Front, Hotel Association, Shopping Malls Association and various political
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Acute wheat flour and electricity crisis grips Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The occupied region of Gilgit-Baltistan, which has been the victim of exploitation of its legitimate rights, natural resources, and land by successive Pakistani governments over the last decades, is virtually starving and shivering with unbearable cold because of acute shortage of wheat flou
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Protests held across Pakistan over complete blackout, load shedding
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Protests across Pakistan were held over the issue of complete blackout, load shedding, tripping, and low voltage.
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Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami launches referendum on 'unjust' charges in power
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], September 23 (ANI): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Friday launched a three-day referendum on "unjust" charges in power bills in Pakistan.
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Pakistan: Enraged protestors block Islamabad-Peshawar motorway against inf
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 26 (ANI): Hundreds of infuriated protestors walked down the streets of Pakistan and blocked the Islamabad-Peshawar motorway (M-1) for hours demonstrating against the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) over inflated electricity bills, local media reported o
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Protests in Pakistan's Rawalpindi against inflated electricity bills
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 24 (ANI): The people of several localities in Rawalpindi have staged a protest against inflated electricity bills by blocking GT Road and Marrir Chowk of the city, local media reported on Wednesday.
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