Balochistan Assembly: Opposition members protest against WAPDA

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Opposition members staged a protest demonstration inside the Balochistan Assembly against unannounced and prolonged load shedding on Thursday evening.

According to reports, opposition lawmakers left their seats and gathered in the middle of the house to vent their anger. The lawmakers also chanted full-throated slogans against the WAPDA and QESCO and demanded immediate restoration of power supply to all districts of Balochistan. “WAPDA has destroyed the agriculture sector of Balochistan”, Malik Naseer Shahwani, the Parliamentary leader of the Balochistan Assembly said. 

Most of Balochistan’s population is dependent on agriculture and according to statistics around 75 percent of the population’s income is from this sector. The rural areas of Balochistan are facing unannounced and prolonged load-shedding. This has severely affected the agriculture sector in the province.

Opposition lawmakers demanded an uninterrupted power supply for the agriculture sector. “This is not our first protest but the incumbent government has continuously ignored us”, Mr. Naseer Shahwani told the media. 

As per reports, members from the treasury and opposition benches lashed out at the WAPDA and QESCO for their failure to provide power supply to rural areas of Balochistan.

Chairman of panel Qadir Nail in his ruling directed the QESCO to make sure the provision of the power supply to rural areas of Balochistan.

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