Pakistan, July 13 -- KARACHI - A six-hour protest erupted in Karachi's Punjab Colony on Saturday after residents of Dadabhoy building staged a demonstration against prolonged power outages. The protest, which blocked traffic at Punjab Chowrangi, was sparked by the building's power supply being cut off since 11 am on Friday. The Dadabhoy building, home to 80 flats, had been left without electricity for more than 24 hours, prompting frustration and anger among its residents.

Protesters claimed that despite numerous complaints to K-Electric (KE), no action was taken to restore the power supply. The residents argued that the disconnection was part of a broader crackdown on illegal electricity connections in the Punjab and PNT colonies. They ...