Darkness prevails in over a dozen areas of Karachi, as power authorities remain silent

KARACHI: Power outage in the country's biggest metropolis continued on the 12th day of Ramazan, causing a lot of distress to the citizens, Geo News reported.

Areas currently experiencing a major power outage include Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulistan-e-Johar, University Road, Keamari, Masan Chowk, New Karachi's Sector 5-A1A, Liaquatabad, Nazimabad and North Nazimabad, Shahrah Noor Jahan, Scheme 33, Lyari, Gulbahar, and Safoora Goth.

Driven by anger and desperation, some citizens also turned to protest in various areas of the city.

K-Electric spokespersons have repeatedly stressed that the ongoing power issue is not the usual load shedding problem. “It is wrong to label local faults as ‘load shedding’,” they have said.

Persistent power cuts test peoples' patience

Many areas of Sindh were in the dark Monday night after tripping of Jamshoro Line

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A K-Electric spokesperson acknowledged that some areas in Malir and Shah Faisal have no electricity

Nevertheless, KE has not updated its social media since yesterday.

The power-supplying company has previously noted that extra high tension (EHT) lines in various parts of lower Sindh have tripped time and again since Ramazan started, leading to disruption in electricity and becoming a source of irritation for Karachiites during Sehri and Iftar times.

For now, it looks like the relevant authorities have gone back on all promises they made to not carry out load-shedding during Ramazan, as Karachi continues facing power cuts.