Load-shedding of more than 2 hours will not be tolerated: PM Shehbaz Sharif

Lahore: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his annoyance over the prolonged load-shedding durations and directed the concerned authorities to reduce the outage, saying that load-shedding of over 2 hours will not be tolerated.

According to details, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif summoned a high-level emergency meeting in Lahore to discuss solutions to power load shedding in the country and problems being faced by the people in general and the business community in particular.

Federal ministers and high officials also attended the meeting.

The premier lashed out at officials in the meeting and said no explanation will be accepted as people are suffering due to prolonged power outages. Do whatever needs to be done to end the misery of the masses, Shehbaz Sharif added.

It is pertinent to mention that amid sizzling hot weather, power outages have severely hit Pakistan as Pakistanis have been suffering up to 14 hours of power load-shedding.

All urban centers, such as Karachi, Hyderabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Faisalabad, and Sialkot have been severely hit with load-shedding, and the situation in rural areas of the country is even worse.

The entire country has been experiencing unannounced electricity load shedding for hours. The unannounced load-shedding is adding to the miseries of the people.

Sources have said that power shortfall has risen to over 6,800 MW as 19,135MW power is being generated compared to the demand of 26,00MW.