Kesc Cuts Supply: Law minister not ‘above the law’

KARACHI: The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) cut its supply to Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro’s residence on Saturday because he had failed to pay his bills for two months, which came to Rs368,000. An undertaking has been sent from the office of the executive engineer, stating that the bill has been deposited by the Attorney General’s office and is set to be cleared on December 13. “Earlier, Ayaz Soomro had issued a denial to the media that any money was owed to KESC,” KESC spokesman Aminur Rahman said. “But the undertaking is an admission that KESC was owed money. His electricity will remain disconnected until the bill has been cleared.”

Published in The Express Tribune, December 11^th, 2011.