Sindh government announced public holiday for today (Wednesday) across the province.
According to provincial information minister, Sharjeel Inam Memon, holiday has been announcement in view of burgeoning power crisis, intense heat wave and protracted spans of load shedding in Karachi.
Memon said all government offices will remain close today; but, the ongoing budget session will continue as scheduled at Sindh Assembly.
The minister said entire province will remain shut but heat stroke centers and hospitals will work as usual to provide relief to the heat stroke patients.
Memon said Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah will lead a protest demonstration today against the federal government and K-Electric for inefficient handling of the crisis in the mega city.
The Sindh MPAs and members of Parliament will attend the protest sit-in.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced a country-wide black-day on Friday against what he termed the failure of the PML-N government over the power crisis.
