A protest over a chronic energy outage in Karachi’s Punjab Colony spiraled into city-wide visitors chaos on Saturday, underscoring what many see as power governance failure and power mismanagement in Pakistan, Daybreak reported.Residents of an 80-flat, 10-storey constructing blocked a significant street close to Punjab Chowrangi after going greater than 24 hours with out electrical energy. Energy had reportedly been out since 11 am Friday, and regardless of repeated complaints, Okay-Electrical, Karachi’s sole energy distributor, allegedly failed to reply.The ensuing sit-in crippled visitors on Defence Street and close by areas. Lengthy queues of vehicles and tankers very important to Karachi Port have been stalled from Qayyumabad to the KPT Flyover. Main intersections like Boat Basin, Gizri, and Hino Chowrangi have been dropped at a standstill, leaving 1000’s of commuters stranded, based on Daybreak.The outage reportedly adopted Okay-Electrical’s anti-theft operation within the adjoining P&T Colony. Protesters claimed authorized connections have been additionally minimize off within the sweep, with no clear process adopted. KE, nevertheless, described the protestors as “miscreants” trying to revive unlawful connections and mentioned their groups have been attacked in the course of the operation, allegedly linked to a cable TV community. No proof was offered implicating all affected residents in theft.Whereas KE later claimed to have restored energy to components of the realm, the bigger situation stays unresolved. The incident highlights Pakistan’s ongoing battle to supply dependable electrical energy, exacerbated by outdated infrastructure and lack of accountability in energy distribution.As Daybreak famous, the disaster is much less about one blackout and extra a mirrored image of systemic dysfunction, the place residents bear the brunt of institutional failure.
