Islamabad, June 8 (IANS) People in Hyderabad city of Pakistan’s Sindh province have not been receiving gas supply during the nine-hour daily schedule announced by the gas utility, sparking concern among residents, especially women, who are struggling to manage household work amid scorching heat, local media reported on Monday. As per Sui Southern Gas Company’s (SSGC) schedule, gas should be supplied for three hours each in the morning, afternoon and night. However, residents from several areas o…
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Islamabad, June 6 (IANS) Pakistan’s Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) party staged protest demonstrations at multiple locations in Karachi over the worsening water crisis in the city, warning that it would intensify its agitations through sit-ins and a strike if the authorities failed to address the issue, local media reported.The central demonstration was organised on Friday by the local government representatives of the JI outside the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) building, where the mayor’s offic…
Islamabad, June 3 (IANS) Sanitation conditions in several parts of Pakistan’s Karachi continues to remain poor as animal waste and household garbage has not been collected by the waste collection vehicles even after seven days following Eidul Azha, local media reported on Wednesday. The absence of disinfectant spraying and lime treatment has resulted in foul smell and unsanitary conditions, sparking concerns about the spread of infectious diseases. Several areas of Karachi, including Pir Colony,…
Islamabad, June 2 (IANS) The water crisis continues in Pakistan’s Karachi as the water supply was suspended due to a fault in K-Electric’s (KE) main cable, local media reported on Tuesday. The water supply remained disrupted in the city for the third consecutive day due to power failures at key pumping stations.The Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) said that the power suspension caused a daily water shortfall of 85 million gallons per day (MGD) in Karachi, Pakistan’s daily Dawn repor…
Islamabad, May 31 (IANS) Amid the ongoing water crisis in Pakistan’s Karachi, the water supply to several parts of the metropolis was disrupted after an emergency power shutdown at the Dhabeji Pumping Station, local media reported on Sunday. The acute water crisis in Karachi has continued for the second month, leaving residents dependent on water tankers and private suppliers. In a statement on Saturday, Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) stated that K-Electric informed the utility th…
Islamabad, May 1 (IANS) Residents face acute water shortage in Pakistan’s Karachi as the continuous shortfall in water supply, now in its second week, has increased the city’s water problems. The crisis started on April 21 when the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) closed a key conduit to connect a newly laid 72-inch diameter pipeline to replace the Line No.5 near Dhabeji Pumping Station, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported.The planned interconnection caused a 250MGD shortfall, …
Islamabad, Jan 8 (IANS) A Pakistani magistrate has sent journalist Muhammad Aslam Shah to prison on judicial remand a day after he was arrested by National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) in a case lodged under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) 2025, local media reported on Thursday. The case was registered against Shah on December 29 after Tabish Raza Husnain, said to be an official of Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC), filed a complaint against him under Secti…