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Summary The continuous electricity loadshedding has aggravated the problem of the people who are fasting.
According to Multan Electric Power Supply Company, there is deficit of 850 megawatt deficit that is causing power outage in the region.Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Peshawar, is facing a severe power crisis and in some areas of the province up to 18 hours of loadshedding is being observed.Situation is not different in Balochistan and according to Quetta Electric Power Supply Company, QESCO is facing a deficit of 750 megawatt to meet the demand.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.
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