President General Pervez Musharraf has sought a report from Federal Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Jatoi and Sindh Governor Ishrat-ul-Ibad on loadshedding and the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi and has directed both of them to resolve the issue at the earliest.
At the start of summer, Federal Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Jatoi while speaking to a television channel had denied reports about loadshedding by KESC and said that "there is no loadshedding going on in Karachi".
The wide-spread protests and putting on fire of one of the KESC offices in Karachi by the angry mob is a crystal clear proof for the minister that out of 24 hours, most of the time, there is no electricity in the city and due to which there is also an acute shortage of water supply.
The present KESC management has created a "Karbala-like situation" in Karachi, due to which people are forced to come out from their houses and are raising slogans against the government of President Musharraf.
Pakistan Army has always extended help to the people of Karachi in the hours of crises and there could be no more worst crises than the present one in which case the people of Karachi have not only been denied the basic rights of having uninterrupted electricity and water supply.
Under the present scenario, the best possible solution to bring the situation under control is to once again invite the Army to take over the charge of KESC. The President should cancel the privatisation of KESC deal and ask the proper quarters to refund the money, which the government had taken from the consortium.
The present crises of electricity is one of the worst examples in the history of the country, whereas, the entire responsibility of present crisis lies on the shoulders of the government itself, which without verifying the technical ability of the consortium, handed over the management of the KESC to such people, who were not at all capable managing the affairs of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation.
The litmus test is now over. I am not sure how long the people of Karachi would suffer from the repercussion of the privatisation policy of KESC.
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