ISLAMABAD: With the advent of heatwave round the country, complaints of power outages have also increased in different areas of Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi and other parts of the country.
Citizens of different parts of Rawalpindi and Rural Islamabad are suffering due to unscheduled loadshedding and complaint office of the Islamabad Electricity Supply Company (IESCO) is not giving response to complaints of citizens.
People in Lahore including Baghbanpura, Dharampura, Garhi Shahu, Abbott Road, Shahdara and Marghzar Colony are also suffering severely. They said that Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) employees and officers do not answer the phone.
On the other hand, the LESCO spokesperson claimed that there was no load-shedding anywhere in the city but electricity was being supplied in excess of the demand. In the scorching heat, technical glitches are causing problems.
A LESCO spokesman said technical glitches or replacement of the transformer took time and the feeder had to be shut down.
Meanwhile, people living in Karachi are also facing severe difficulties due to power outages in Gulshan Iqbal, Gulistan-e-Johar, Pehlwan Goth and Safoora.
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