| Because rioting is the best way to get the 'lectricity turned back on, doncha know ... |
Police fired in the air and launched tear gas shells to disperse demonstrators in the central city of Multan after they attacked the office of the state electricity company and set fire to a bank, they said. Television footage showed a furious mob beating several power company employees with wooden planks, setting fire to motorbikes and rampaging through the streets.
| Brilliant, just brilliant, the intelligence of a Pak mob never ceases to amaze ... |
Pakistan suffered major outages earlier this year which authorities blamed on a lack of water for hydropower facilities. The country suffers an overall lack of power generating capacity. In March the countryÂ’s biggest city, Karachi, was blacked out when the main power utility accused the local electricity company of refusing to pay a half-billion-dollar bill.