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Pakistan: Police baton-charge women protesting against prolonged load-shed
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], September 28 (ANI): Police in Pakistan baton-charged women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Charsadda town on Tuesday for staging a protest and blocking the road against the excessive gas and electricity load shedding, local media reported.
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Imran Khan's party protests in Lahore against price hike, massive taxes un
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 24 (ANI): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has in Lahore protested against the price hike, joblessness, load shedding, inflated power bills and massive taxes in the country, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Protests erupt in Karachi after prolonged loadshedding
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], August 24 (ANI): Protests erupted in different parts of Pakistan's Karachi on Tuesday due to the unannounced and prolonged load shedding, local media reported.
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Protest intensifies in PoK as load shedding continues
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], August 4 (ANI): People in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have been strongly protesting in the past few months over the increasingly cruel imposition of taxes on electricity bills.
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Load-shedding crisis, tax on electricity bills lead to massive protest in
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], July 28 (ANI): The Poonch division of the Jammu Kashmir National Students Federation (JKNSF) has launched a protest movement against load shedding and unjustified taxes on electricity bills in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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PoK residents protest high electricity bills, demands relief from governme
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], July 23 (ANI): People of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) have expressed their apprehensions over the heavy load shedding and nerve-racking high electricity bills and called on the government to provide immediate relief, media reports said.
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PoK: Gilgit Baltistan residents protest over awarding mining contracts to
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], July 7 (ANI): The local residents of Gilgit Baltistan staged a sit-in blocking the Karakoram Highway in Nasirabad, Hunza for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday to protest against the minerals department for permitting mining leases to an outsider company.
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Bangladesh PM mulls area-based power cuts to save fuel
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 5 (ANI): Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday that she was considering introducing area-based load shedding for a specific time in order to save fuel for power generation.
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Balochistan farmers call hours of power cuts 'economic murder of farmers'
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Farmers of Balochistan announced the closure of the Quetta-Karachi highway on July 4 against prolonged load shedding in the province by Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) and termed the unannounced power cuts the "economic murder of farmers", reporte
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Load shedding amid scorching heat spurs protests in Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], July 1 (ANI): People in Pakistan Occupied Gilgit Baltistan took to the streets against the prolonged load shedding and water scarcity amid scorching heat for the past four days, local media reported.
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Pakistan telecom operators warn of shutting down internet services amid po
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Amid the power outages in Pakistan, the telecom operators on Thursday warned to shut down their mobile and internet services.
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Protest against power loadshedding in Karachi ends after 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 29 (ANI): The protest against load shedding in Karachi, which continued for more than a day, ended on Tuesday evening after the protesters decided to disperse and return to their homes.
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