SWABI: People of Shagai and its surrounding areas blocked the Swabi-Mardan Road here to protest excessive electric loadshedding on Saturday.

Announcements were made on mosque loudspeakers about the protest, and people from different areas reached Shagai bus stop, where they blocked the road, declaring that they wouldn’t end the blockade till concrete assurance from Peshawar Electric Supply Company officials was given that there wouldn’t be excessive power outage in harsh summer.

They were chanting slogans against Pesco and elected representatives.

The protesters didn’t allow any vehicle on the road for about one hour. However, later the police officials reached there and assured the protesters that the outage issue would be taken up with the Pesco officials.

After that the protesters dispersed peacefully.

Published in Dawn, June 16th, 2024