Owais Leghari requests Mohsin Naqvi to help with grid stations protesters in KP
Federal Energy Minister Owais Leghari has approached Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi for immediate help to deal with the protests that occurred at grid stations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Wednesday.
Owais Leghari expressed concern in a written letter to Mohsin Naqvi that the local police are not registering cases against the responsible individuals.
The chief executive officer of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) confirmed in his submitted report that such incidents are happening in Mardan, Charsadda, Tank, Bannu and Peshawar.
“Provincial assembly members and others gave illegal orders to grid station staff regarding power restoration,” the letter read.
Chief Minister KP Ali Amin Gandapur entered the grid station and restored the power supply, declaring his own loadshedding plan.
“No area will face loadshedding beyond 12 hours. Assembly members should visit grid stations in their respective areas to ensure compliance with the load-shedding schedule,” Gandapur stated while warning the federal government about the loadshedding issue.