Karachi: Chairman, K-Electric Board, Shaheryar Chishti said the company is investing Rs15 billion to improve the power infrastructure and ensure reliable and uninterrupted electricity supply to Karachi’s industrial sector.
The investment will include laying new cables and wires, upgrading grids, bifurcating feeders and undertaking other infrastructure improvement measures.
He expressed these views while speaking to industrialists during his visit to the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI). K-Electric Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Syed Muhammad Taha, KATI President Muhammad Ikram Rajput, Deputy Patron-in-Chief Zubair Chhaya, Chairman Standing Committee Danish Khan, along with other industrialists and members attended the meeting.
He said industry is the backbone of Karachi’s economy and employment, adding that if industries do not operate, neither employment nor the city’s economic activity can continue. Before the meeting, prayers were offered for the innocent children martyred in the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences tragedy.
