KARAK: The residents of Chountra held a protest demonstration against the prolonged power suspension for over 24 hours in the area and asked the Peshawar Electric Power Supply Company to restore power supply immediately otherwise they would expand the protest to the entire district.

The prolonged power suspension has also created shortage of drinking water in the area.

The villagers led by former councillor Hajat Shah, Ishaq Khattak and Lal Shah marched on Karak-Palosa Sar road and blocked it for trafñc at Saratkhel on Sunday.

The speakers claimed that over 20-hour loadshedding was a joke with the people of the district during Ramazan.

They demanded of the Pesco to immediately restore power supply to the areaandcarry outloadshedding according to the given schedule.