Jamaat-e-Islami protests against load shedding, hefty billing in Karachi.

KARACHI -- Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Tuesday protested against extensive load shedding of electricity and hefty billing outside the K-Electric head office in Karachi and urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to at least take notice of long power outages during the coronavirus crisis.

Addressing a press conference, JI leader Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said that KE has failed to increase power generation as per agreement and despite extensive load shedding of 12 to 14 hours, people are receiving bills for thousands of Rupees.

"We will be the voice of the people and will demand authorities to revoke the license of K-Electric for not delivering," Rehman asserted.

Lamenting that K Electric is deliberately shutting down plants to optimise its profits, the JI lawmaker said that the electricity provider has "replaced copper wires with aluminum wires to save money".

"Installation of aluminum wire is increasing load shedding [since aluminum is a poorer conductor of electricity than copper]", he added.

Rehman also condemned the provision of fuel by National Electric Power...