PESCO says power thieves protesting against loadshedding

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PESHAWAR:  Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) said on Saturday that the power supply cannot be restored properly in the city until the citizens stop stealing power.

The statement which came in the wake of angry protests by residents of Peshawar who blocked the way of Prime Minister’s Advisor Ameer Muqam when he was coming coming to attend a session to discuss the issue of load shedding in WAPDA house.

The PESCO spokesperson said that the company is facing 80% line losses due to power theft adding that load shedding can’t be decreased unless ‘kundas'(illegal connections) are removed.