Blasting the K-Electric (KE) over unannounced loadshedding amid sweltering weather conditions, Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani on Tuesday said that FIR should be registered against the power utility if anybody dies of heatstroke in Karachi.
Addressing a Sindh Assembly session, Ghani said that the sole power distribution company does not fall under the jurisdiction of the provincial government.
He urged the people to register FIR against the KE “if someone dies of unannounced loadshedding.”
The minister incited the people to enter the KE offices and turn off their light when there’s a power outage. He, however, asked the people to avoid violence and damaging any property.
“Make them sit without electricity amid the heat wave condition so that they could realise the public woes,” he added.
His remarks came as parts of the port city are experiencing over 12-hour loadshedding amid extremely hot weather.
Karachiites have been left sweltering due to the recent heat spell that has gripped the metropolis for the past few weeks. Chief Meteorologist Sardar Sarfaraz said Monday the weather will remain hot for the next 10 days with temperatures expected between 36℃ to 38℃.
The minister was of the view that those areas from where the bill recovery was 100 % were also facing hours-long loadshedding.
He further said that the KE was giving collective punishment to the people in the port city, adding that the power utility did not have any proper system.
