PPP set to hold protest in Lahore

LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) is all set to hold a demonstration today (Thursday) against the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) government in protest against hours-long electricity loadshedding in the country.

As per details, PPP Punjab President, Qamar Zaman Kaira will lead the protest at a camp in provincial capital Lahore after the opposition party was denied permission to stage the show at Iqbal Park on the plea of section 144 imposed to bar any political activity at this venue.

PPP intends to replicate the same protest camp pattern which Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif had adopted against the PPP government under Asif Ali Zardari on the issue of loadshedding, price hike and the law and order.

Then, the PML-N had temporarily shifted the CM secretariat to Iqbal Park where CM Shehbaz used hand fans under the scorching sun to besmear the PPP government face with corruption, loot plunder allegations which he said, had left no money for the electricity projects.

Shehbaz Sharif had first promised the end the electricity crisis within six months provided the PML-N came to power; however, later this time, the deadline was extended to two years.