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Hundreds protest power outages in Pakistan’s north for fifth consecutive day

  • Routine load-shedding is widespread across fuel-deprived Pakistan, but residents of mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan region endure prolonged blackouts
  • Senior government official in the region says negotiations are ongoing with the protesters, who demand under-construction power projects be expedited
By AFP ·

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