Load shedding returns to haunt public
By Saad Ahmed

ISLAMABAD—The menace of load shedding for 10 to 12 hours daily has once again arrived to haunt the public even in winter times while the care taker government has refused to accept any responsibility for the shortfall of electricity and has emphasized that it is not responsible for the rising inflation and the power crisis.
According to details, four to six hours load-shedding has become a common practise since last many days in Federal Capital, Rawalpindi, Multan, Faisalabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and other areas while on the other hand skyrocketing gas prices have broken the back of masses.
WAPDA Sources told Online that as winters have arrived in the country, demand of electricity has immensely increased to 12000 Megawatt (MW).
It has been told that Electricity deficit in the country has hit a staggering 3,600 MW that has resulted in load shedding upto more than six hours daily in various respective areas of the country. Similarly WAPDA officials say that hydel-power generation hit an all time low at 1,300 MW against a peak summer generation of 6,600 MW due to a squeeze on oil supplies and it generated 2,100MW against a summer supply of 2,900 MW.