Opposition leader asks Imran Khan to step down, calls PTI 'incapable'.

ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has expressed grave concern over the worst loadshedding of electricity, making lives of the people miserable amid scorching heat.

In a statement, he said the amount of loadshedding was alarming despite 'excess' power generation capacity in the system. He said that the people were starving, the school children were fainting, and this situation was deplorable and reprehensible.

The opposition leader said that the PTI should quit politics and Imran Khan should step down from the government after witnessing the shocking scenes from all over the country. He reminded how in 2018 there was surplus power in the system and there was zero loadshedding.

"If this government is so terrible that it cannot oeven manage installed capacity, it must go home and spare the people of Pakistan more misery in the heat of the entire summer to follow. If Imran Niazi is incapable and incapacitated to address this dire situation, a parliamentary committee should be formed so that the opposition would do something to provide relief to the people", Shehbaz said.

He said the current government had already put everything beyond the buying capacity of the people, from bread to electricity and everything else. He said that Imran Khan's policies have rendered millions unemployed and after flour and sugar medicine, people were struggling to access electricity despite paying heavy bills.

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