Court seeks K-Electric’s privatisation details
The bench, headed by Justice Ahmed Ali M Sheikh, issued the directive here on Tuesday while hearing a miscellaneous application filed by civil rights campaigner, Rana Faizul Hasan, seeking details of the privatisation agreement.
In his petition submitted back in 2011, he had named the federal minister of privatisation, federal secretary, Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), Karachi Metropolitan Corporation administrator and K-Electric as respondents.
He said the government privatised Karachi Electric Supply Company – later named as K-Electric – for Rs16 billion and the company borrowed Rs100 billion by mortgaging its assets.
According to him, K-Electric is carrying out power cuts for 12 hours in Karachi’s industrial zones and sending bills to the consumers on an average basis. This means that the electricity charges are not in accordance with the units consumed and the company is charging money on presumed consumption. “This is a violation of Article 6 of the Constitution of Pakistan.”
The petitioner requested the court to direct Nepra and Ogra to order K-Electric to stop unannounced and prolonged load-shedding. He also asked the court to revoke the privatisation of the company and order its return to state control along with compensation to the workers who died during protests.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 19th, 2014.
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There is no load shedding in my area. Actually K Electric does load shedding in those areas where electricity theft is high.
And who said their service is poor? Service has improved. Only thieves are shouting at K Electric. Also state owned enterprises are going on very well like Steel Mills, PIA, Railway.
You guys know nothing about business and corruption free environment.
Yes, they are not even installing new meters in our apartment building the old meters were burnt down by the exsessive power fluctuation. Since then they are sending an averags bill of 6000-8000, which is quite higher than the previous bills.
We have lounged so many complaints but they havent installed the meters till yet.
Since they change the name from K.E.S.C to K-Electric, their service got poor again. I hope governmenf should rake action against them.