KARACHI: Following unscheduled power cut-downs in the provincial capital of Sindh, Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) Karachi chief Naeem ur Rehman has pre-announced a full-fledged protest against the K-Electric at 50 different locations across the city on Friday (April 6).
The JI also announced a major protest in the Red zone area on April 20.
While addressing a public gathering the JI Leader requested the Chief Justice of Pakistan to pay due heed to the prolonged load shedding issue that is ever-increasing.
Rehman asked the Federal Investigation Agency and National Accountability Bureau to suspend the privatization of K-E.
“The authorities must ensure that K-E repays the Rs200 billion owed to different organizations and Rs100 billion pocketed from consumers,” he said.
“K-E is now blaming a shortage of gas [for load-shedding] even though the SSGC [Sui Southern Gas Company] was providing sufficient gas to the company without any contract,” he said, alleging that K-E had suspended power production from the furnace oil plant in Bin Qasim due of increased expenses.
The people of Karachi are already suffering from the shortage of basic amenities such as water supplies and now unscheduled load-shedding has really taken a toll on them.
“The public is facing a double menace,” he added.
He also censured the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) for not being able to properly manage the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board.
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