Load-shedding

Published April 25, 2019

I WOULD like to draw the attention of the authorities concerned towards a serious matter. Since the beginning of summer, our electricity is down three to four times a day. Temperatures have begun to soar and unscheduled load-shedding has increased, making our lives miserable. Try sitting in your room for hours at an end without a fan or light bulb!

Students cannot study or rest before or after school and college. Those who work are under a lot of pressure to get a UPS or generator which is an added expense and quadruples stress.

The government had promised to bring an end to load-shedding and I believed that there was a light at the end of the tunnel.

The continuous rise and fall of electricity has made the life of the average Pakistani problematic. K-Electric is making us live without electricity but charges us as if we are living like kings. This is just too much.

The authorities concerned should look into how much electricity we generate, use and are being billed for.

Sameen Khan

Karachi

Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2019

Opinion

Editorial

Business concerns
Updated 26 Apr, 2024

Business concerns

There is no doubt that these issues are impeding a positive business clime, which is required to boost private investment and economic growth.
Musical chairs
26 Apr, 2024

Musical chairs

THE petitioners are quite helpless. Yet again, they are being expected to wait while the bench supposed to hear...
Global arms race
26 Apr, 2024

Global arms race

THE figure is staggering. According to the annual report of Sweden-based think tank Stockholm International Peace...
Digital growth
Updated 25 Apr, 2024

Digital growth

Democratising digital development will catalyse a rapid, if not immediate, improvement in human development indicators for the underserved segments of the Pakistani citizenry.
Nikah rights
25 Apr, 2024

Nikah rights

THE Supreme Court recently delivered a judgement championing the rights of women within a marriage. The ruling...
Campus crackdowns
25 Apr, 2024

Campus crackdowns

WHILE most Western governments have either been gladly facilitating Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, or meekly...