NATIONAL ALLIANCE GILGIT BALTISTAN STAGE SIT IN AGAINST POWER CUTS

  Thursday, 07 March 2019
source: shiitenews

On a call from Qaumi Alliance Gilgit-Baltistan, a sit-in was staged on Pareshan Chowk in Skardu to protest against the power cuts and WAPDA authorities.
Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen secretary general Allama Agha Syed Ali Rizvi led the protesters.
Executive Engineer Water and Power Qadeer visited the venue and held talks with the protesters. He assured them of cancellation of VIP Lines, electricity supply as per schedule and recovery of Rs 190 million dues of power department.
He said that government departments are defaulters of Rs 130 million and citizens are defaulters of Rs 60 million that would be recovered at any cost.
On his assurance, the leaders of the sit-in protesters allowed him of a week to act upon his assurances. They announced deferring their sit-in protest for a week and if their demands were not met within seven days, they would resume protest.


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