Power shortage adding to Musharraf

KARACHI: Pakistan

An 18-year-old man in the NWFP shot himself in the head with a Kalashnikov assault rifle on Saturday, in what his family said was a protest against the continual supply problems. He died instantly.

Mobs angered by the blackouts hurled stones at passing cars and burned tyres in Karachi on numerous occasions last week. Protests also erupted in Lahore and many rural areas.