Pakistan Industrial and traders Associations Front (PIAF) on Tuesday sought the Chief Justice of Pakistan’s help against load shedding due to which industrial production has nosedived to alarmingly low levels.
In a statement, PIAF Chairman Malik Tahir Javaid said that industrialists have knocked every door for the provision of electricity to the industrial sector but unfortunately there is no let up in the power outages. He said that the power outages were not only depriving the industrial workers of their livelihood but also causing considerable financial loss to the industry as a whole.
He said the two hours power cut after every hour has brought the industrial wheel to a halt as the industry needs at least eight hours regular supply of electricity to complete processes but the people sitting at helm are least concerned about it because they are getting uninterrupted power supply both at home and at their workplace.
KCCI expresses concern over eight-hour load shedding notice: Separately, Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) President Muhammad Haroon Agar has expressed concern over announcement of eight-hour load shedding in all the industrial areas of Karachi due to alleged drastic reduction in gas supply by the Sui-Southern Gas Company (SSGC).
Agar said that KESC’s power load shedding of two spells of four hours each in the morning and evening has crippled the industrial activities in all the seven industrial zones. He said that in the present economic scenario, the industries which are already facing several hardships owing to gas outages and low gas pressure, multiplicity of taxes and high operational costs, cannot afford power load shedding causing heavy financial losses and further increase in the operational costs.
“The export-oriented industries are fatally hit by this abrupt and prolonged power load shedding inflicting severe hindrance in timely completion of export orders and an upshot in the cost of production,” he said.
