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A major part of Karachi remained deprived of electricity on Tuesday as K-Electric (KE) said it carried out "load-management to minimise inconvenience," being faced by citizens due to a technical fault in the National Transmission Despatch Company (NTDC).
The KE, through its twitter handle, announced that the supply had been affected due to a technical fault at NTDC grid near Hub.
"To manage current situation load management is being conducted to minimise inconvenience," it added.
The K-Electric claimed its teams were working on top priority to have the issue resolved and bring the supply back online.
People from across the city took to social media to share their ordeal and seek remedy. Malir, Landhi, North Karachi, Clifton, Gulistan-i-Jauhar, Saddar, Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, PECHS, and DHA were among the most affected areas.
In some parts of the city, particularly Malir and surrounding areas, electricity was disconnected as early as 6am in the morning, whereas, the power company had reportedly failed to restore the power supply even after 13 hours in some areas.
People in other areas also complained about long power outages throughout the day.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement, in a statement on Tuesday, criticised the KE over power failure in various areas of the metropolis. The statement reads that the company has irked the life of citizens.
"Frequent failures of grid stations are evident of the incompetency of the company," it added.
