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Dhabeji outage triggers dispute between KE and KWSC

Pakistan Published 15 September 2026, 04:57 · archived 15 Sep 2026

KARACHI: A power-related fault at the Dhabeji pumping complex has triggered a dispute between K-Electric and the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC). Both utilities are giving sharply different accounts of the cause of the disruption that affected Karachi’s water supply. K-Electric said a fire in bushes near the Dhabeji Pumping Complex damaged cables of KWSC, prompting the power utility to immediately deploy emergency teams to rectify the fault. According to a K-Electric spokesperson, another fault later developed in an underground cable, but electricity supply to 20 of the complex’s...

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