Industrialists call for shutter-down strike in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD: Fourteen Industrial Organizations in Faisalabad declared a shutter-down strike on Monday in the city and called for demonstrations outside Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) office on May 1 against prolonged power cuts.

Industrialists also threatened that they will stop paying electricity bills if load-shedding continued.

They urged that the textile industry, which is already devastated by gas crisis, cannot bear 14 hours of load shedding daily.

They further demanded that furnace oil should be provided to Gatti and Nishat Abad power stations adding that the electricity produced there should be provided to the industry in Faisalabd and not to the National Grid.

They have appealed to the Prime minister and president to take notice of the situation.