Widespread protests broke out in several neighborhoods in Karachi late Tuesday night, when residents, angry with long -term power outages, walked the streets and blocked major roads and triggered serious traffic disorder.

Residents of Liaquatabad and Azizabad staged demonstrations after hours long power breaks in the middle of soaring temperatures, Express News reported.

Protesters burned tires and shouted slogans against K-electric and the government and demanded immediate restoration of power.

On Teen Hatti near Liaquatabad, protesters blocked roads that led to Jehangir Road and Ayesha Manzil, which got Gridlock from Shahrah-E-Pakistan to Guru Mandir. Long vehicles with vehicles were seen stranded as commuters were facing major delays.

“We have had no power since 19:00. In this heat, without water, we had no choice but to protest either,” a resident told local media.

Protesters said that children and the elderly suffered from the lack of electricity, and their repeated complaints to K-Eelectric went unanswered.

A statement from K-electric said the power cut was caused by a fault in an underground cable in the Liaquatabad C-1 area. Technical teams worked to repair the problem and power would be restored as soon as the error was fixed, it added.

The company apologized for the inconvenience and called for public cooperation.

The protest at Teen Hatti was eventually disconnected around 2 p.m. 02:30, after the power supply was partially restored. Police opened the blocked roads again and recovered traffic flow.

A separate protest was also held in Azizabad’s Hussainabad Food Street area, where residents blocked the road by burning tires and complaining of serious water shortages due to load.

Protesters said load throws had reached 14 to 18 hours in some areas, and despite this, the electricity bills remained high. They also said that the power cut had led to a water crisis. “The current government has changed the city’s condition completely,” a demonstrator said.

“Every street in Liaquatabad has flooded sewage lines, roads have crumbled for years, street vendors have taken over each way and spawns, gas comes only for a few hours and only works with pressure pumps, and electricity disappears for 14 to 18 hours-but still we get electricity bills on Rs 6,000 to 10,000 for a one-bedroom house.”

“There is no such thing as governance in this country anymore,” a demonstrator said. “This city, which maintains the entire Pakistan, is treated inhumanly. If the authorities do not notice and reset these political artists, Karachi – who is already on the brim – will be destroyed.”

The Station House Officer (SHO) from Azeezabad engaged with the protesters as part of a negotiated approach and assured them that he would talk to the authorities to ensure that power was soon restored.

After this insurance, the protesters ended their demonstration and the road was reopened for traffic.