KARACHI, Sept 25: Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) Sindh on Monday criticized the government for greeting holy month of Ramzan with nationwide power failure and brisk price-hike.

PPP Sindh Chapter President Syed Qaim Ali Shah, General Secretary Nafees Siddiqui and Deputy Secretary Information Waqar Mehdi, in a joint press statement, condemning unprecedented prolonged power breakdown said citizens had been suffering for no fault of theirs.

They charged that now countrywide load-shedding was being witnessed, while four to six hour-long power cuts were a routine matter in Karachi, due to which millions of people were being mentally tortured.

They demanded of the rulers to step down, so that people could get a rid of the existing issues.

PPP Karachi Chapter President Rashid Rabani and General Secretary Rafiq Engineer slammed price-hike in the city on the first day of the holy month.

They said the CDGK had totally failed to curb profiteering. They rejected the CDGK's claims of sustaining price of daily-use commodities through price magistrates and said all warnings fell on deaf ears of profiteers.

“None of the official of the concerned departments was seen in markets anywhere in the metropolis, but it was observed that rates were on the rise,” they charged.

They regretted that rulers themselves were backing the profiteers, and the CDGK was trying to show its efficienc by arresting small shopkeepers and turning a blind eye to the big fish.—PPI