KARACHI, Aug 18: In the aftermath of the recent heavy rains in Karachi, the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority has been without electricity for the past one week, says a PSQCA press release issued on Saturday.

It deplores that the ‘under-ground cable fault’ has not been detected as yet in spite of the passage of one week.

The statement further said that officials of the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation are unable to say as to when the electricity supply of this important organisation will be restored.

It also expresses the apprehension that the samples of millions of rupees sent by the industry for laboratory testing might go to waste in view of the electricity outage.

The statement points out that all the electronic and laboratory equipment of the PSQCA has been shut for the past one week.

The organisation’s employees were also suffering because of the hot weather. The statement stresses that KESC officials should pay immediate attention to the restoration of electricity at the PSQCA. —APP