Protest erupts in Peshawar over gas load shedding

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PESHAWAR: People of Peshawar held a big demonstration against gas load shedding in the provincial capital on Wednesday.

According to details, a large number of people staged a protest against gas outages in Gulberg, Nothia surrounding areas of Peshawar. They blocked Sunehri Masjid Road creating disruption in traffic.

The protestors were of the view that gas load shedding has affected their routine life and the government and authorities concerned needed to resolve the issue to remove hardships of the residents.

On the other hand, the Sui Northern Gas authorities were of the view that new gas pipeline has been approved from Nothia, Gulberg in order to overcome the disruptions in gas supply, and a gas pipeline has also been laid in various areas.

The officials said that conflict between some political leaders was a major hurdle to accomplish the work of laying the gas pipeline.