KARACHI:
Sindh Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah and Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani, once again, lambasted the federal government on Sunday, holding it responsible for the power crisis in Sindh, and particularly in Karachi.
K-Electric (KE) had requested the Centre in writing in January this year to increase the supply of furnace oil during June and July, but the federal government did not pay any heed to the request and even barred oil companies from importing furnace oil, decried Ghani.
"Also, why has [the federal government] not taken any action against K-Electric, the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company and Sukkur Electric Power Company, even when they have made people's lives miserable?" he questioned.
He went on to criticise the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf for first "creating a [power] crisis," and then protesting against it. "And they even increased electricity prices," he remarked.
Ghani demanded that the federal government reverse its decision of increasing electricity and petroleum products' prices.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 13th, 2020.
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