Load-shedding: SEPCO office burned down
the protesters set fire to the Sukkur Electric Supply Company
DADU:
During a load-shedding protest in Dadu on Monday, the protesters set fire to the Sukkur Electric Supply Company (Sepco) office. Awami Ittehad called the protest that several traders, residents and party workers attended. They stormed the Sepco office and damaged furniture before they torched it. Official records and other property were damaged. Later, the protesters staged a sit-in on the railway tracks and delayed the Shahbaz Express, going from Larkana to Karachi, for several hours.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 28th, 2011.
During a load-shedding protest in Dadu on Monday, the protesters set fire to the Sukkur Electric Supply Company (Sepco) office. Awami Ittehad called the protest that several traders, residents and party workers attended. They stormed the Sepco office and damaged furniture before they torched it. Official records and other property were damaged. Later, the protesters staged a sit-in on the railway tracks and delayed the Shahbaz Express, going from Larkana to Karachi, for several hours.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 28th, 2011.