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Blackouts estranging Balochistan people 0 Verified

05:06 Aug 23, 2012

All provinces barring Sindh came down hard on the government at a meeting held by the Committee on Equitable Distribution of Electricity formed by the...

Pakistan

Pakistan Blackouts Power Frustration At Government 3 Verified

05:26 Aug 08, 2012

The country's government says it can't afford to keep up with increasing electricity demand, as more and more people crowd into urban centers. But discontent...

Pakistan

Relentless outages, as well as protests, continue 0 Verified

06:53 Aug 01, 2012

There was no let up in unannounced loadshedding and long hours of power outages in almost all parts of the country, especially in the Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

Pakistan

Loadshedding sparks furious protests in Peshawar 4 Verified

07:33 Jul 05, 2012

Furious protest demonstrations were held in different parts of the provincial metropolis on Wednesday against excessive power loadshedding, while protesters...

Pakistan

Pakistanis Tire of Water, Electricity Shortages 0 Verified

02:52 Jun 28, 2012

Pakistan’s new prime minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, faces a struggling economy and has said he will make the delivery of electricity a priority, but the...

Pakistan

Protests continue against outages 3 Verified

06:36 Jun 27, 2012

Despite claims made by the authorities about enhancing power supply, the intensity of loadshedding has not subsided. The gap in the demand and supply...

Lahore

Yemeni students angered by blackouts 3 Verified

23:58 Jun 25, 2012

Hundreds of students protested daily blackouts of electricity in Yemen, saying they must study "at the light of a candle." The blackouts, 22 hours a...

Yemen

Traders observe strike against power outages 0 Verified

00:37 Jun 25, 2012

Traders in various cities of the Punjab observed a strike against power outages as violent protests continued unabated across the country. Meanwhile,...

Pakistan

Jordan hikes gasoline, power prices to ease budget deficit 0 Verified

00:04 May 27, 2012

The budget deficit has been accentuated by a soaring energy bill that hit $4.5 billion last year after the disruption of regular Egyptian gas imports...

Jordan

Myanmar power shortage protest ‘spreads to Yangon’ 5 Verified

00:09 May 23, 2012

Protests against chronic power shortages spread to Yangon late Tuesday, reporters said, following rallies in Myanmar’s second city Mandalay which saw...

Myanmar

Lahore electricity shortage sparks protests 0 Verified

02:08 May 11, 2012

Islamabad Pakistanis held demonstrations Thursday in several cities to voice their anger over the worsening electricity crisis, as summer temperature...

Pakistan

'Black day' observed in Faisalabad against gas, power loadshedding 0 Verified

18:08 Apr 09, 2012

The city on Sunday was dotted with black flags and billboards as industrialists and traders observed a black day against the discrimination in gas and...

Pakistan

Man shot dead in gas shortage fight in Egypt 0 Verified

22:24 Mar 27, 2012

The shooting occurred after a fight broke out among a large number of drivers at a highway gas station when dozens of people trying to fill their tanks...

Egypt

Gas shortage: Angry protesters block Airport Road for over 3 hours 0 Verified

05:55 Feb 20, 2012

Residents of localities near Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Sunday blocked the Airport Road in protest against gas outages, causing long queues...

Pakistan

Silver lining on power crisis 1 Verified

18:34 Feb 11, 2012

As Tamil Nadu reels under unprecedented power shortage and public protests erupt in several places, a silver lining seems to be emerging on the Koodankulam...

India

Kashmir power cut protest leaves one dead 0 Verified

21:50 Jan 02, 2012

Guards have opened fire during a protest over power cuts in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing one person and injuring four, police say. The protest...

Kashmir

Petrol price hike, CNG stations’ closure sparks protests 0 Verified

00:40 Jan 02, 2012

Individual protests were witnessed at different filling stations across the city on the first day of the New Year owing to a shortage of CNG, reinforced...

Pakistan

There are already councils with power outages by default 5 Verified

10:55 Dec 30, 2011

Albacete, Coín (Málaga), Huelva, Priego (Córdoba), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Jerez de la Frontera, Llera (Badajoz), Creixell (Tarragona) Badalona (Barcelona)....

Spain

Thousands protest Ghizer loadshedding 0 Verified

08:23 Dec 12, 2011

Despite freezing temperature, thousands of people continued protests against power load shedding here on Sunday. Due to refusal by the local administration...

Pakistan

Police block Lukyamuzi power blackout protest 0 Verified

00:49 Nov 28, 2011

The police have written to Rubaga South MP John Ken Lukyamuzi halting a peaceful demonstration the lawmaker is organising against the current power blackouts...

Uganda