Karachi households get seven hours of gas as cuts spread
Residents told Aaj News supply has fallen from 10 to 12 hours a day and stops at night without notice, while Sui Southern says no new schedule has been issued.
Karachi households are receiving piped gas for only seven to seven and a half hours a day, down from 10 to 12 hours, residents told Aaj News, as unannounced cuts spread across the city. Aaj News reported that the country's gas crisis has intensified ahead of winter.
Sui Southern Gas Company told the outlet that no new supply schedule has been issued and that the final decision on rationing rests with the government. Residents said the company's helpline also tells callers that no schedule exists.
Cuts now come without notice in several parts of the city. Residents said supply at night has fallen to barely two hours, which they said has made cooking difficult.
Households said they pay their gas bills on time but still have to buy LPG cylinders to cook, leaving them paying twice for the same need. They said sudden shut-offs have become routine.
"If gas cannot be supplied to homes, the connections should be discontinued instead," residents said, according to Aaj News.
Several residents compared the situation to Karachi's water shortage, saying they already buy tanker water and now expect to have to buy gas as well.
UrduPoint also reported the shortage, describing it in its headline as unannounced load-shedding that has forced residents to buy expensive LPG. Its report carried a statement from Sui Southern as well.
No federal announcement on winter gas rationing has been made. Neither report gave a figure from Sui Southern for the size of the shortfall or the number of households affected, and neither said which areas of the city are worst hit or whether industrial and commercial supply has also been cut.
Residents asked the authorities to make sure domestic consumers get gas without interruption.
How the reports differ
Both outlets led on the same shortage. UrduPoint's headline framed it around unannounced load-shedding and householders forced to buy expensive LPG, while Aaj News gave more room to Sui Southern's position, reporting that no new schedule has been issued and the final decision rests with the government, and adding residents' complaint that the company's helpline says no schedule exists.
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