Is government doing this all on purpose?

What do you thing people are doing… take a news roundup

every other day, there are demonstrations by the people protesting against the power-cuts.. funny thing is, protesters are demanding to not to do it unannounced.. but the govt. seems to have some kind of grudge against the people of Pakistan, specially against the people of Lahore/Punjab… 8-16 hours a day is announced and practice is 14-18 hrs.. and if i not wrong, situation will get worse as the traders in Lahore are looking forward to lay-offs because of power-cuts.. not to mention many small business are already closed and people are just wondering why is this happening…