Awaz Apni

CNews KARACHI: Karachi remained blighted by persistent power load shedding for seven hours in the day and three hours in the night culminating into acute water shortage as well, while the hapless citizens kept groaning and grumbling with no relief in sight from anywhere. Power outage after every two hours in most of parts of the city and after every one hour in some parts keep hitting the city here. Besides the prolonged unannounced load shedding, breakdowns have also made the life of the citizens unbearable, as this has also triggered acute water shortage piling miseries on the citizens. Among the areas most affected by power outage included Federal B Area Block 12, 14, Gulberg, Landhi, North Karachi, Nazimabad, SITE Area, Orangi Town, Shah Faisal Colony, Malir, Lines Area, Liaquatabad, Gulbahar, North Nazimabad, Dastagir, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Mahmoodabad and Manzoor Colony.

CNews: Power has been restored in some areas of Karachi after a major power outage on Thursday when Wapda cut the supply because the city's power company had not paid its bills, an official said."At around 8 a.m. (0300 GMT) Wapda cut its 300 MW supplies to us and as a result the entire system tripped," said Syed Sultan Hasan, spokesman for the Karachi Electric Supply Co, which supplies power to Karachi.The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda), is Pakistan's main state power utility.A spokesman for the Pakistan Electric Power Co., which manages Wapda's power wing, said supplies were cut because dues had not been paid."KESC owes 34.80 billion rupees ($554 million) to us and we have been writing to them every week to make at least some payments," said the spokesman, Tahir Basharat Cheema."But let alone making payments, they're not even replying to our letters," he said.KESC's Hasan said the company was in contact with Wapda to ens...