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The infuriated consumers made three Pesco officials hostage along with their vehicle during a protest demonstration against loadshedding in Sherkot area here on Sunday.

The protesters also blocked Parachinar highway for more than three hours to every kind of traffic. However, they released the officials on the assurance of police that power transformer in the area would be repaired.

Police said that Sherkot people paid three times for repair of a faulty transformer and demanded installation of more transformers.