Protests Erupt in Karachi Due to Intense Electricity Loadshedding & Lack of Water

[Enigma SIG]

Maryam Aurangzeb coming to eat poor Pakistani's

 

[maithil]

If even 3 lakhs from a city of 3 crore come out on roads, govt and electric company will kneel before them and listen to their demands. Unless that happens, no one will care. These small sporadic protests are manageable. They will act only if they face something they can not manage.

 

[waz]

The other option, of course, is that things may not go from bad to worse as you say, but just hobble on as in the past.

Not really and the past is no barometer. This time round we have literally the perfect storm for economic meltdown. Sure Pakistan has had issues with macroeconomic stability in the past, but the key differences were it had creditors who would lend on favourable terms and the impact on individuals wasn’t as severe. We now have the opposite with even close allies not remotely interested due to the current setup.

 

[fitpOsitive]

Protests took place in various parts of city, people angered by unannounced electricity loadshedding blocked streets to record their protests.

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Stop paying bills, start killing people who stop your water and sell it through hydrants.
That's the only way out.

 

[Enigma SIG]

Stop paying bills, start killing people who stop your water and sell it through hydrants.
That's the only way out.

I mean Karachi ki Pakistani awam bi uff hai. They'll pay 5000 for a water tanker but protest nai karna.

Like, literally Bilawal house is right here:

Just gather this outside for 5 hours and watch baby bhutto piss himself to death.

 

[SaadH]

Until and unless Sindh Parliament, CM House and Bilawal House aren't burnt to the ground by public, they will continue to suffer. So, the show will go on and people will get used to yet another degree of increase in their suffering...

Nothing is going to happen and rightly so, these bhookay nangay bhikaris of Pakistan who will never stand up for themselves don't deserve anything less

 

[VCheng]

Not really and the past is no barometer. This time round we have literally the perfect storm for economic meltdown. Sure Pakistan has had issues with macroeconomic stability in the past, but the key differences were it had creditors who would lend on favourable terms and the impact on individuals wasn’t as severe. We now have the opposite with even close allies not remotely interested due to the current setup.

Let's give events some more time to unfold, and then may be some trends would become clearer one way or the other.

 

[Ghazwa-e-Hind]

Published June 28, 2022 - Updated about an hour ago

Law enforcers use tear gas against residents of Lyari. — DawnNewsTV

Police baton charge protesters at Mauripur Road in Karachi. — DawnNewsTV

Law enforcers use tear gas against residents of Lyari. — DawnNewsTV

Police baton charge protesters at Mauripur Road in Karachi. — DawnNewsTV

Law enforcers use tear gas against residents of Lyari. — DawnNewsTV

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The Karachi police on Tuesday used tear gas and baton-charged protesting residents of Lyari near the Mauripur road, who took to the streets against K-Electric for carrying out unannounced and prolonged power loadshedding and frequent breakdowns.
The demonstrators, who have been protesting since last night, burnt tyres and blocked the road for traffic — which links the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) and SITE industrial areas.
However, at 11am today, the police baton-charged the protesters after they refused to vacate the main road. Footage on DawnNewsTV showed police commandos firing tear gas at the demonstrators who were chanting slogans against the power utility management and demanding restoration of supply.


According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Asif Bughio, the residents dispersed for a while after the police action but resumed the protest shortly after.
Electricity in several areas of Lyari, particularly the one adjacent to Mauripur road, has been suspended since 4pm yesterday, he said.
"Due to prolonged disruption in the power supply, hundreds of residents blocked the road for hours," the officer told Dawn.com, adding that the police tried to negotiate with them but they attacked the law enforcers with stones.
Bughio said that they have reached out to the KE management to "placate" the protesters and prevent the situation from escalating. He added that their first priority was to resolve the issue through talks.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the traffic police said that the protest had created an immense traffic load near the Jinnah Bridge and MT Khan Road.
PTI leaders criticised the police action, with former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry chiding the PPP-led Sindh government that "they are your own people".


Separately, protests against water shortages were also reported from other parts of the metropolis early on Tuesday morning. According to traffic police, the residents of Liaquatabad's Dak Khana, Shah Faisal Colony 2 and Kala Pul took to the streets.
In the wee hours of the day, a large number of Lines Areas residents also came out on main Sharea Faisal and blocked the key road near Gora Qabristan.
They blamed the KE for keeping their supply off for 13 hours. Shouting slogans against the power utility management and demanding restoration of their supply, the protest caused a traffic jam on one track of the arterial Sharea Faisal.
Earlier, a Dawn report stated that people were facing 12 to 14 hours of power outages in extremely hot weather, which had made their lives miserable.
Yesterday, residents from Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Surjani Town, New Karachi, Federal B. Area, F. C Area, Burnes Road, Defence Housing Authority, Clifton, Baldia Town, Manghopir, Orangi Town, Landhi, Shah Faisal Colony, Model Colony, Shaheed-i-Millat Road, Khokhrapar, PECHS, Mehmoodabad, and Defence View apartments said that the KE was carrying out unannounced loadshedding for hours in their areas.
Students appearing in intermediate exams were also affected by the prolonged loadshedding as they had to take their papers in hot and humid weather. They were also unable to prepare for their exams because of multiple spells of loadshedding during the day and at night.

Karachi police baton-charge residents protesting against loadshedding

Police say demonstrators attacked law enforcers with stones; over 100 containers carrying fruits, vegetables stuck in traffic.

www.dawn.com

 

[Enigma SIG]

Duck Fa Police!

 

[Ghazwa-e-Hind]

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[Ghazwa-e-Hind]

Imported Government: How dare you bloody civilians protest for basic rights?

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[Imran Khan]

whole pakistan is enjoying it these days .

 

[araz]

whole pakistan is enjoying it these days .

Khan Saheb. We have a lovely imported Govtt(foreign ka maal). We should pray nawafil of Shukrana for the blessings of Amreeka saheb bahadur on us lowly beings. Somewhere along the lines we should ask our gate keepers why the change was brought over.
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[Ghazwa-e-Hind]

The buffoons at helm dont realize that if you dont give basic rights to the city that produces most tax revenue (i.e. backbone of Pakistan) the country will collapse.

Sab ki ayashi band hojaye gi, there will be no oil to run vehicles, Pakistan's situation will be worse than Sri Lanka as we have 10 times more population.