There is no favouritism
Published in Daily Times on April 29, 2013
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Sir: It was shocking to hear Mr Shahbaz Sharif claiming that the people of
Karachi were not being subjected to load shedding while the people of Punjab
were paying the price of being Punjabis and had to suffer many hours without
electricity every day. It seems that Shahbaz Sharif is out of touch with the
real situation. Apparently, he does not know that many parts of Karachi are
also subjected to severe power outages, particularly where electricity theft is
rampant. In those localities of Karachi, where there is practically no
electricity theft, there is little or no load shedding and, for this formula,
the credit should go to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC). If WAPDA
wants, the same formula can be introduced in Lahore and other parts of Punjab,
and load-shedding can be controlled. However, to insinuate that Karachi is
being favoured over Punjab is simply not true, and the Election Commission of
Pakistan (ECP) should ask Mr Shahbaz Sharif to refrain from making such
comments.
SHAKIR LAKHANI
Karachi
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