KARACHI (HRNW) A group of unidentified men stormed the K-Electric (KE) office in IBC Surjani Town when a protest was going on outside the building against the prolonged loadshedding and inflated electricity bills.
A protest was staged outside the KE office in Karachi’s IBC Surjani Town for three hours. Later, a group of unidentified men stormed the KE office and started vandalising the assets and torched it.
Following the blaze, additional contingents of police force reached the KE office and brought out the staffers and consumers trapped inside the building. Smoke inside the building worsened the condition of several persons who were trapped inside the office.
The KE management decided to take legal action against those who have attacked its offices and lodged cases against them.
The KE spokesperson condemned the attacks on the K-Electric offices in the name of protests.
The spokesperson added that the power providing companies were bound to follow the government and regulator’s orders regarding the prices of the electricity units. After the federal government’s announcement, K-Electric was using all resources to provide FCA relief to its consumers.
The timing of the customer care offices were also extended for facilitating the consumers. The offices will also remain opened on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.