KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi on Friday held protest demonstrations at over 100 spots in the city to denounce the Karachi Electric (KE) for the long hours' electricity shedding, issuance of inflated monthly bills and a proposed raise in tariffs.
JI Karachi Ameer, Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman and other JI leaders while addressing protestors at different places slammed the KE for its indifferent attitude to the consumers. Hafiz Naeem spoke to the protest participants at the main venue at Masjid-e-Kizra warned the local administration that will be responsible for if it tried to disturb the protest, which is going to be to be held near Nursery on Shahra-e-Faisal on Saturday [today].
"Our protest is peaceful and in line with the democratic norms and we have always held peaceful public gatherings against civic administration on injustices to citizens", he said.
He invited supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Pakistan Peoples' Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan to join the JI protest as it is a common cause of every citizen. He also invited traders' community and people from all walks of life to participate in the protest against K-E anti consumers' attitude.
The role of protesting PTI leaders in this regard is shameful, he said, adding that if they are sincere then should stage a protest in front of the Prime Minister House, he added. Their aim to protest against the KE is a false attempt to help provide an additional quota of the natural gas to the power company, he said.
Naib Ameer, Dr Osama Razi on the occasion said K-E has made life of people miserable and people should not come under influence of deceptive protests.
JI Sindh Assembly member, Syed Abdul Rasheed said that every citizen has raised voice against K-E and power entity so far is responsible for 150 deaths of citizens in electrocution incidents.
Protests were held in west, east, central, south, Malir, Gulberg, Korangi and Airport districts besides in other parts of city including Metro Ville, Gulshan Ghazi, Banaras, Model Colony, Delhi Colony, Lines Area, Mahmoodabad, Punjab Colony, Akhtar Colony, Kala Pull, Cantt, Fatima Jinnah Colony, Sabzi Mandi, PIB, Musharraf Colony, Clifton and several places in city where Ishaq Khan, Muhammad Yuosuf, Muhammad Salam, Munim Zafar Khan, Abdul Jalil, Karim Bux, Qamar Abbasi, Saifuddin, Naseer Hussaini, Tahseen Ahmad and Muhammad Farhan addressed gatherings.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020