Swat women take to the streets against massive loadshedding

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: The excessive loadshedding sparked protests across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday with the participants complaining the electric supply remains suspended for long hours daily to their misery. In Mingora, the people, including women, staged a rally against the prolonged power outages. Holding placards and sticks and shouting slogans against Wapda and the federal government, the protesters marched from Saidu Sharif to Nishat Chowk in Mingora. They were later joined by the people from other areas. Women holding batons blocked the road to Saidu Sharif and other destinations. Protester Neelam Chattan said the women had stepped out...

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