The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) disconnected electricity connection of Directorate of Colleges, Karachi due to non-payment of electricity bills. Sources in Education department told Business Recorder that the KESC had sent a notice to concerned authorities of Education department a few days back, asking it to clear the pending electricity bills, otherwise electricity connection would be disconnected.
The notice said that as many as 47 government-run colleges of Karachi, educational centers and offices of the education department had not paid their electricity bills amounting to Rs 19 million to KESC. This notice carried a list of defaulter colleges, education centers and offices of Education department including Government Girls Degree College Metrovil, Government Degree College Landhi, Government Boys Degree College (Commerce) Gulistan-e-Johar, Government Degree Boys College Kiamari, Government Degree College Kankar Gadap, Government Degree Science and Commerce College Durab Khan Road Liyari, Government Degree College Shaikh Zaid Center, Government S.M Science College Freer road, Government Degree College Razakabad Landhi, Government Degree Girls College Sector 34/2 Korangi, Government College Dr Ziaudin Ahmed road, Government Degree College Nishter road, Government Degree Girls College Sharafi Goth, Government Degree Science College Murad Memon Goth Malir, Government Women College Sharah-e-Liaqat, Sindh Muslim Arts Commerce College Mohammad Bin Qasim road, Government Girls College Mehmoodabad-II, Fatima Jinnah College Nishter road Garden, Government Science Degree College, Degree Girls College North Nazimabad, Girls College F.B Area, Government Girls College PIB colony, Government Degree College Bufferzone, Government Delhi College F.B Area, Sindh Fatima College Nishter road, office of regional Directorate Colleges Nazimabad, Government College for Women Saudabad, Government Science College Nazimabad, Government Degree College II-E Orangi, Quaid-e-Millat College, Government Girls Science College Baghdadi, Government Riaz Girls College Liaqatabad No-10, M/S Lashari Educational Complex Gizri, Government Degree Boys College Metrovell SITE area, Government Girls Degree College Model Town Malir, Government College Nazimabad, Government Boys Degree College Nazimabad No-III, Government College Nazimabad No-II, Government Degree College near Al-Noor Hospital F.B area, Government Degree Girls College Block-K North Nazimabad, Premier College Block-H North Nazimabad and Physical Education University Campus Karachi.