Latest ‘Tanker Mafia’ News & Updates

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, May 24 (IANS) Pakistan’s Karachi is facing a chronic water shortage, creating a situation where access to this basic necessity is increasingly determined by either personal connections or financial capacity. Those with means often turn to the so-called tanker ‘mafia’, paying inflated rates for additional supply, while others struggle to secure the limited government-supplied water tankers available each day, a report said on Saturday.”In areas still privileged to receive piped water, …