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Some areas of the city, including Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Federal B Area, Malir, Clifton, and Nazimabad, suffered hour-long spells of load-shedding after every two hours till late in the evening on Wednesday. The tripping and faults in the Karachi Electric Supply Company’s (KESC) electricity transmission and distribution systems also worsened the power supply situation to various areas.

Due to technical reasons or the non-availability of furnace oil and Sui Gas, three out of six generation units of the Bin Qasim Thermal Power Station, the largest power production facility of the KESC, were did not function at all. On Tuesday, the power production of the Bin Qasim thermal plant dropped to a record low of 220 Megawatts (MW) instead of the combined electricity generation capacity of 1160MW.

The private management of the KESC has been conserving its financial resources by not spending on the procurement of furnace oil that is the preferred fuel option for running these thermal power generation units.