INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
CEO of K-Electric faces Supreme Court wrath over load shedding in Karachi KARACHI: Supreme Chief Justice on
Saturday took an exception to the Chief Executive of K-Electric over the utility's failure to reduce load shedding.K-Electric CEO Tayib
Tareen and Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO) chief appeared before a Supreme Court bench headed by the CJ in a case pertaining to
load shedding."Shall we leave the citizens at your mercy,and send them to hell just because you are facing a problem," the CJ said.The chief
justice said he has come to know through media about Karachi's power woes, asking the CEO K-Electric why there was no backup in case of any
fault occurs.The CEO told the court two out of 18 power production units were out of order due to some faults which the company is trying
going to suffer in the extreme heat
duration of load shedding, the authority which orders the power outages and schedule of the load shedding.Justice Saqib Nisar also
reprimanded HESCO chief for the load shedding in Hyderabad and warned him that electricity connection of his house would be cut and he would
