Karachi: Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh has warned that the electricity situation in Karachi has worsened to such an extent that people could take to the streets anytime to protest against recurring power failures. He said the power failures - lasting up to 12 hours a day - could deteriorate law and order in the city.
Shaikh sent a letter to the Chairman of National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), which is the state’s regulator of the power sector in Pakistan.
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He said that recurring power outages had simply become intolerable for Karachiites owing to the hot and humid weather.
He said that K-Electric, the privatized power utility of Karachi, had completely failed to fulfil its obligations with regards to ensuring uninterrupted power supply to commercial, domestic, and industrial consumers in the city.
He said that there was no improvement in power supply despite the NEPRA formally issuing a show-cause notice to K-Electric owing to its poor performance.
He suggested that the federal government should immediately issue directives to K-Electric to lessen the duration of load-shedding in the city. He said that the NEPRA officials should come to Karachi to assess the prevailing electricity situation on a first-hand basis.
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Shaikh also suggested that a roundtable session should be held to thoroughly review the electricity situation of the city and to find a solution to the power crisis on a permanent basis. He said that such a consultative session should be attended by all the relevant stakeholders including representatives of NEPRA, K-Electric, Power Division of federal government, and concerned energy experts.
He said that the electricity situation in the rest of the province had become even more serious as people there had to brave the suspension of power supply for up to 18 hours a day.
He said it seemed that the federal government was the least interested to resolve the electricity issues of people in Sindh.
The minister said that three power distribution companies working in the province (which comes under the control of federal government) had completely failed to perform.
He said that the way the power supply situation had worsened in the province had given the impression that people of Sindh were being systematically penalized as they had not voted in favour of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in the last general elections in 2018.
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