Thanks to the Privatisation Commission (PC), the government, and the KESC, the citizens of Karachi are going through the agony and misery of power outages for the last several months. Even public demonstrations and violence have not brought any sense to the three organisations that have created this mess.
The PC has to bear the brunt of this criminal act, in handing over the KESC to a Middle-East group who has no experience in running a power station. The whole thing reeks of corruption. The government also bears a great share in this affair. Why has the government not published the conditions of the privatisation agreement? What are they hiding from the people? When the government holds a gun at the nations' head, how can you make it accountable?
Lastly look at record of the arch criminal KESC. If you do not pay their bills, they disconnect your electricity, then why cannot they be held accountable for 6 to 9 hours of outages day in and day out? At the time of giving you a connection the KESC sign an agreement to provide you with electricity for 24 hours/seven days a week at a constant 220 voltage.
At present, at no time have they given more then 200 volts, ruining expensive equipment such as computers, refrigerators, freezers etc. Should KESC not pay for this damage? Is this not blatant dishonesty? But the amazing thing is that with daily outages of 6 to 9 hours and more, your monthly bill has not decreased, on the contrary in some cases it has increased. Is this not highway robbery?
The government should not forget that they will soon face elections and the citizens of Karachi will remember their sufferings. They will make a special note for not voting for this cruel coterie. Citizens of Karachi make your voice heard right up to Islamabad.