I FEEL bad for the people of Karachi. They are continuously facing the same problems which the rest of Pakistan faced after the 2008 elections. They have no electricity, water and gas, while mafias have been active in land, transport and food sectors with impunity.

Similarly, now K-Electric is trying to dupe the people by conducting excessive power outages and blaming fuel and electricity shortage for IT the problems. But the fake fuel shortage ended within a few days and owing to the Covid-19 lockdown there is excessive electricity available in the national grid. There is no reason for 12 hours of outages in Karachi.

The only reason for this massive power outages is obviously fake to create problems, slow down water supply and ask for extra money from citizens for water, electricity or fuel. Therefore, power stoppages by KE should be investigated by a team of professionals and the company should be punished if found guilty in creating fake outages.

Pro Bono Publico
Peshawar

Published in Dawn, July 8th, 2020