LAHORE: Pakist
an Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has refuted the government’s claim of turning 65 percent of the country’s total power feeders to zero load-shedding.
“At least
42 percent of the feeders across the country are not load-shedding free,” PTI spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry said.
Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari had claimed that maximum number of feeders would be turned to zero load-shedding from December 4.
He also claimed that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had fulfilled their promise of making the country load-shedding free.
Ea
rlier today, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzaib als
o made the same claim, saying the “time of darkness” is over.
However, PTI’s spokesperson rubb
ished her claim saying she was forced to make such false statements.