Sunday, October 2, 2011

Power riots rock Lahore, other Punjab cities

In Lahore, people burnt an office of the electricity supply company (Lesco) and official vehicles of an SP and a DSP. The DSP and several other policemen were injured while trying to disperse violent demonstrators protesting enhanced power loadshedding. Police used teargas, fired in the air and used batons to beat up people in several areas. In Bahawalnagar, protesters also stormed the house of an MPA.http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/03/dsp-among-several-policemen-injured-during-protests-power-riots-rock-lahore-other-punjab-cities.html

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