The Lahore High Court on Friday issued notices to power distribution companies for May 23 in a petition challenging unscheduled loadshedding in the holy month of Ramazan.

The petitioner, Judicial Activism Panel, during the proceedings, through its Chairman Azhar Siddique argued that the government had failed to control unscheduled load shedding. In 2011, it assured the court to overcome the power crises but still could not do so, he said.