Inoperative ATMs are causing serious trouble to card users in the provincial capital as most customers return empty-handed from the ATM booths of various banks. The machines mostly do not operate because of the absence of electricity. Besides, at particular booths, card-holders are refused cash as the account maintaining branch’s work hours are over. On being refused money, many people are seen arguing with the branch managers. A housewife at a bank on Wahdat Road told APP that it was her second visit to the ATM booth since morning but the machine was not working. A bank manager, on condition of anonymity, said the bank was fully aware of the difficulties faced by people because of power outages but the management could not help in this regard.