PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervez Elahi – File Photo

RAWALPINDI: Senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) Chaudhry Pervez Elahi said that the government should resolve the load-shedding problem in the country.

Speaking to workers convention, Pervez Elahi warned the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party that the masses will reject them in the next election if the power crisis was not resolved.

Elahi also criticised the Punjab government and said that tens of millions of rupees were wasted in the Sasti Roti scheme in Punjab. He also criticised over a dozen portfolios of the Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.

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