The power cuts continued to torment the karachiitas on Friday, hours after the records of record, they mistreated the city, leaving several neighborhoods and substations of apartments without electricity.
The water that is filtered into underground cables has led to prolonged power cuts in different parts of the city, with some areas without energy for four consecutive days.
Electricity remained cut for long hours in several neighborhoods, including Moinabad, Arrejani Town, Yousuf Goth, Safora Goth, Kaneez Fatima Society, Madras Chowk, Nauman Square, Scheme 33, Baldia, parts of the Defense Housing Authority, Gulistan-E-Jauhar Block 10, Bin Qasim, Bin Qasim, Bin Qasim, GULSHAN-E-HAADED, MANGHOP, MANAGE, RAZAQABT, RAZAQABAD 10, BIN QASIM, GULSHAN-E-HAADE, MANGHOP, MANGAD, RAZZAQABAT, RAZZABAT 10, BINCO 10, BIN QASIM, GULLESHAN-E-HAD Bazaar and Ma Jinnah Road.
Residents of several areas also face water shortage as a result of prolonged energy failures.
A K-Electric spokesman told The Express PAkGazette that the restoration work is underway. “The energy has been restored in most areas. Of the 2,100 feeders, only 40 remain low from now on due to the flood,” said the spokesman.
Citizens blocked the roads and organized demonstrations outside the offices of the public services company at University Road, Tipu Sultan Road, Malir and Liaquat Market, demanding the immediate restoration of power.
In Malir, the blockade on the Mehran deposit route interrupted the operations of the popular bus service, while the protests in Jinnah Avenue and their surrounding areas caused large interruptions of the traffic.
Sindh’s Minister of Energy, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, made a surprise visit to K-Electric headquarters on Thursday, ordering officials to address public complaints urgently.
Schools and universities reopened on Friday after three days of interruption in the routine life caused by record monsors. With the light rain expected today, the government of Sindh did not notify a holiday today.
Despite the forecast of heavy showers and thunderstorms yesterday, the day remained largely sunny with light to moderate showers in different parts of the city at night.
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The educational institutions had remained closed on Wednesday and Thursday after the torrential downpours that submerged large parts of the city and caused generalized urban floods.
According to the Department of Meteorology of Pakistan (PMD), Karachi received more than 200 millimeters of rain between Tuesday and Thursday, overwhelming the fragile drainage system in the city and causing serious interruptions.
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ADIE: 08/21/2025
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– PK meteorological updates (@weatherwupk) August 21, 2025
The strong showers led to urban floods in key areas, caused damage to the city’s infrastructure and prolonged traffic jams.
The weakens system
Since then, the MET Office has reported that the monsoon system on Karachi has weakened, with only light and showers that are expected in the next few days. It is forecast that a new rainy period will begin from August 27.
The strong downpour earlier this week led to submerged roads and underground steps, paralyzing the movement and causing financial and human losses. PMD spokesman Karachi, Anjum Nazir Zigham, confirmed that the last notice issued on August 21 was for the higher regions of the country and that it is not immediately forecast for the metropolis immediately for the metropolis.
In response to Civic Collapse, the leader of the Popular Party of Pakistan (PPP), Shazia Marri, defended the management of the provincial government of the crisis, stating that “no part can control or change the climate.”
He stressed that the preparations had been carried out in advance, including the work of cleaning and repair of drains, and accredited the city administration for preventing a worse disaster.
Marri added that President Asif Ali Zardari and the co-chair of the PPP, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, remained in constant contact with the officials during the rains and the prime minister of Sindh, Murad Ali Shah, personally supervised the drainage of water in the affected areas.
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Mayor Murtaza Wahab declared on social networks that rainwater had quickly cleared from the main roads, adding that the city administration had mobilized all the resources available to mitigate the impact of the monsoon. It accredited the first cleaning and drainage preparation measures to prevent a larger crisis.
Despite the incessant rain, KMC’s roads are clear and traffic moves. I would urge people not to move unnecessarily, especially ask bicycle users to be extremely careful. People who go to Malir and the airport should preferably use Shahrah and Bhutto. Even the side of the Shah Faisal neighborhood … pic.twitter.com/qrxnpw6dwu
– Murtaza wahab siddiqui (@mutazawahab1) August 21, 2025
During the week, at least a dozen deaths were reported throughout the city for rain -related incidents, including electrocutions and drowning.
Urban floods had left the underground steps, the main roads and the flooded residential colonies. Commercial activity and transport were seriously interrupted.
The National Disaster Authority had previously warned that rain levels greater than 160 millimeters could overwhelm urban infrastructure.
Although the situation has stabilized with the traffic that returns to the streets, the city continues to face persistent challenges of the restoration of electricity and damaged civic infrastructure.
