PESHAWAR
Chairman, Amun Taraqqi Party (ATP) Muhammad Faiq Shah has expressed grave concern over ‘hours-long’ and ‘excessive electricity’ loadshedding across the country.
Shah while talking to a group of reporters here on Sunday noted no respite for the faithful in Ramazan as power outages have become excessive in the country.
He held present and previous governments equally responsible for ill-planning to fulfill the growing energy needs that has rapidly escalated the electricity shortfall in the country.
The ATP viewed it as a huge dilemma that Pakistan has a vast capacity of hydel power generation but the water and natural reserves were not efficiently utilized to overcome the energy crisis.
He was astonished over remarks of the present rulers, in which blaming previous governments for ill-planning for addressing energy issues which had also remained in power in the past on several occasions.
Shah noted every government had failed to provide 24/7 electricity to consumers, only citing reasons for increasing power shortages/shortfall amid rising summer demands and rising temperature.
In hot and humid weather, Faiq asked “how much extent will people tolerate the ‘hours-long’ and ‘excessive electricity’ loadshedding in the holy month of Ramazan?
He warned that if the governments of all four provinces didn’t work efficiently to provide relief to inflation-hit people of the country then they would face strict accountability from their side.
He observed government unseen in all four provinces whereas mismanagement and lawlessness has reached its climax.
On the other hand, he said the lives of people have been made miserable owing to excessive power outages and relentless ‘price-hike’, which had been imposed by governments, hoarders and illegal profiteers.
Shah asked: “What has been brought by the new government on its high-powered foreign visit and the brigade of ministers and special aides for poverty-stricken people”?
Every game, law and pressure is available for gaining power, he noted. He added no one is ready to give a bid for sacrifice for people, which has created anarchy in the society. Faiq observed the power has now become a revenge and war of interest.
He questioned: “When will we fight the battle for the rights of people”?
The ATP chief noticed mismanagement and lawlessness are proliferating rapidly in prevailing circumstances in the country.
Furthermore, he observed that not any department is efficiently fulfilling its responsibility and duties. “Then where people can knock on the door for the presentation of their case”?
