Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif.—File Photo

LAHORE: Protesting against the ongoing power crisis in Punjab, the chief minister of the province, Shahbaz Sharif, shifted his office to Minar-i-Pakistan on Friday, DawnNews reported.

He said that his office would remain at the ground of the monumental minaret until the federal government addressed the issue of load-shedding in the province.

The chief minister said that his camp office would not have power supply either by a generator or by a UPS (uninterrupted power supplier).

Speaking to media representatives during the setup of his office at Minar-i-Pakistan, Sharif said the federal government had ruined the province's economy. He said that the prime minister did not fulfill his promise of 'uniform' load-shedding throughout the country made in the recent energy conference.

He said that “if the money fiddled through the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam, the rental power case and the Haj scam was recovered the country would not be energy scarce.”

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