ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday, in a fury, raised questions over the escalating power crisis in the country.

The prime minister questioned the power division and Energy Minister about the electricity outage despite power plants being operational.

Shehbaz Sharif asked the power division to brief him on the demand and power generation in the country and the pretext of the crisis.

As per sources, the prime minister has taken the notice of power shortfall because of the news in the media and sought answers from Khurram Dastagir, Musaddiq Malik and senior officials of the relevant ministries.

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Shehbaz Sharif also expressed that the news came as a shock to him as he had ordered to reduce the power outage.

Notably, the frequent power load shedding in the country has hard hit the lives of citizens amid scorching hot weather in most parts of Pakistan.

Most of the cities have been bearing the brunt of 12-14 hours of power cuts and the increased duration has intensified the trouble during the prevailing heatwave.