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SC calls for scrutiny of illegal power connections

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“SC calls for scrutiny of illegal power connections”

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday underlined the need for a microscopic examination of the role of individuals involved in the theft, unauthorised sale and private siphoning of electricity, rather than supplying it through authorised channels. The observation came from a two-judge SC bench, comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Irfan Saadat Khan, which was hearing a bail-cancellation petition in a case where a person suffered an electric shock after a power wire snapped. In a…

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