Trade Bodies Demand Affordable Power In Karachi

KARACHI: The representatives of eight trade and industrialist associations held a joint press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Sunday, urging the government for its immediate intervention in ensuring affordable electricity to industries in Karachi for saving businesses, export production and livelihoods of millions of people.

The associations urged the federal government to instruct the SSGC for providing indigenous gas to K-Electric (KE) at approved rates from the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) and ensure that the natural gas allocation policy was followed in letter and spirit. They were of the opinion that millions of residents in Karachi were being treated with discrimination and injustice which may result in severe fallout for the country’s huge population and its overall economy.

Electricity is becoming increasingly unaffordable for the masses and industrialists of Karachi. If this disparity is not rectified, it is feared that the worsening situation may trigger unemployment that can lead to social backlash across the city.

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