Jamaat-i-Islami Warns K-Electric of Citywide Protest in Karachi

The JI protest Karachi threat came at a Gizri press conference, where Monam Zafar also sought a forensic audit of K-Electric's accounts.

Jamaat-i-Islami warned K-Electric on Wednesday that it would call a citywide protest if prolonged loadshedding and inflated billing continue.

The party demanded a forensic audit of the utility and claimed Rs1,500 billion had been received in subsidies over two decades.

JI Karachi chief Monam Zafar said KE was sold for Rs15bn in 2005 and that loadshedding has increased since.

A KE spokesperson said loadshedding depends on electricity theft and losses in an area and urged timely bill payment.

The sources do not give a date or details for any protest.

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