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Summary PEPCO director general had claimed that there would be no loadshedding during sehar and iftar.
Women are facing great trouble as they have to prepare meal at sehar and iftar in the darkness in Multan. Situation is no different for men in the city who found no water for ablution in mosques due to absence of light.According to Multan Electric Power Supply Company there is a need of 2,800 megawatt to meet the consumers demand but MEPCO is facing a 700 megawatt deficit.Balochistan, including Quetta, is facing a severe power crisis and in some areas of the province up to 18 hours of loadshedding is being imposed.According to Quetta Electric Power Supply Company officials, the city has to suffer from loadshedding because the private power generating plants in Quetta have been shut for repairing. Last week, Pakistan Electric Power Supply Company (PEPCO) Director General (DG) Ejaz Rafiq Qureshi had claimed that there would be no unscheduled loadshedding during the month of Ramadan, sehar and iftar timings would be exempted from power outage.Reducing loadshedding during the month of fasting is PEPCO’s first priority and that there would be no loadshedding during sehar and iftar, the DG said, adding that the operational directors of all distribution companies have been directed to chalk out efficient plans in order to minimise power outages during Ramadan.
