MQM CALLS FOR STEPS TO AMELIORATE POWER CRISIS IN THE COUNTRY

KARACHI: 2^ND OCTOBER 2011:

The Co-ordination Committee of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) has expressed grave concerns over the on-going unannounced load-shedding in the country and termed the current energy situation in the country as the worst crisis. The long power outages in the country had made the life of the common people miserable and the industrial activity was constantly declining.

The Co-ordination Committee said that the constant increase in electricity charges and deepening power crisis in the country was gross injustice to the people. It was high time that the government formulated solid policies for improving the condition of the public and resolving energy and power crises.

The Co-ordination Committee said that the menace of load-shedding had been present in the country for many years, but it was unfortunate that no serious efforts were made to solve the problem.  

The Co-ordination Committee demanded of President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani to take steps on war-footing for ameliorating the energy and power crises in the country.