Load-shedding case: SHC comes down hard on K-Electric

KARACHI: Is K-Electric waiting for people to die [from load-shedding] before it starts providing electricity to the people?

This was stated on Wednesday by Sindh High Court Justice Irfan Saadat Khan who headed the bench hearing the load-shedding case.  

Referring to the heat-related fatalities from the heatwave in 2015, when so ‘many so many died from load-shedding’, the judge remarked that they cannot sit idle when there is unannounced load-shedding in the city.  

Load-shedding continues in Karachi 

Unannounced load-shedding continues across the city’s Malir, Model Colony, Old City, North Karachi and FB Area localities.

Sources said a fault in the National Transmission and Dispatch Company’s 500KVA circuit pool has resulted in curtailment of electricity to around one-third of the city.