Peshawar
January 28, 2021
BESHAM: The Shangla National Jirga on Wednesday threatened to launch a protest movement if the government did not provide electricity to the Shangla district from Karora Hydropower project forthwith.
Speaking at the jirga, Nawaz Mahmood Khan and Sadidur Rahman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Muhammad Rishad and Intikhab Alam Khan of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Azam Khan and Mutawakil Khan of the Awami National Party, Zaidullah Khan of the Pakistan People’s Party, Dr Sajjad Khan and Shah Saud advocate of Qaumi Watan Party, Immad Ahmad and Muhammad Tayyab Khan of Jamiat Ulma-e-Islam, Muhamamd Naeem Khan, Nisar Ahmad, Sarfaraz Khan and others said that Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (Pedo) was applying delaying tactics to provide electricity to Shangla from the Karora Hydropower project.