As temperatures soar above 40°C, political pressure on K-Electric intensified Wednesday with MQM-P’s opposition leader Ali Khurshidi delivering a blistering indictment of the power utility’s performance during a crucial Energy Committee meeting at the Sindh Assembly.
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With thermometers mercury rising and tempers flaring across Karachi, Khurshidi led a chorus of condemnation against what lawmakers termed KE’s “abysmal failure” to maintain consistent electricity supply. The opposition leader specifically called out KE’s top management for what he described as “corporate dodging” during the high-stakes session.
“The people of Karachi are being cooked alive in their homes while KE’s executives remain comfortably air-conditioned in their offices,” Khurshidi thundered during the proceedings. “When an essential service provider becomes this unaccountable, we’re looking at a complete breakdown of the social contract.”
Eyewitnesses reported tense exchanges as KE representatives offered what committee members dismissed as “template responses” to pointed questions about:
- Unannounced 8-12 hour outages in residential areas
- Complete absence of load-shedding schedules
- Failure to upgrade aging infrastructure
- Alleged preferential treatment to affluent neighborhoods
