PM asks aides to meet KE management to address Karachi's power woes.

Byline: Imran Ayub

KARACHI -- Growing protests by political parties, heightening anger among consumers and persistent poor performance of the K-Electric finally attracted the attention of Prime Minister Imran Khan, who on Thursday directed his team to meet the KE management and fix the problems being faced by the Karachiites.

The intervention from the top came during a meeting of Sindh Governor Imran Ismail with the prime minister who flew to Islamabad to brief the premier on the ongoing electricity crisis in Karachi and the situation that emerged across Sindh in the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.

'Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed his team members to hold a meeting with the management of the K-Electric for an early resolution of the issues with the company,' said a statement issued here from the Governor House after the meeting in Islamabad. The meeting was also attended by Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar. 'In a meeting with Governor of Sindh Imran Ismail, the prime minister instructed him as well as Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar and Special Assistant to PM Shahzad Qasim to meet the company's management to address the issue of loadshedding in Karachi.'

The directive from the PM House came after weeks of crisis and protests by political parties, including the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf which rules in the centre.

With the Jamaat-i-Islami and Pak Sarzameen Party calling upon the chief justice of Pakistan to take notice of unannounced loadshedding and overbilling by KE, the PTI for the last several days has been staging a sit-in outside the utility's head office, demanding an end to its monopoly on electricity generation, transmission and distribution.

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