RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday ordered Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) to supply 276 MMCFD gas to K-Electric to produce electricity to overcome the power shortage in Karachi.

The dispute between K-Electric and SSGCL over the gas supply from latter to former found its way to the court after K-Electric moved SHC against SSGCL accusing it of not supplying adequate gas for production of electricity. The dispute between the two utilities resulted in a severe power shortage in the metropolis in recent weeks with the onset of summer season.

The high court directed SSGCL to supply 276 MMFCD in earlier hearings but it was not implemented, Barrister Abid Zuberi told the court. K-Electric Counselor prayed that SSGC should be directed to supply 276 MMCFD to produce the electricity for tackling the power shortage in the city.

The Court was informed that SSGC is supplying only 90 MMCFD gas to K-Electric against required 276 MMCFD. Federal Government and SSGCL has been made respondents in the petition, which was filed by Barrister Zuberi.

Sindh Police Mega Corruption Case

Sindh High Court (SHC) took up the hearing of bail application of former Inspector General Police (IGP) Sindh Ghulam Haider Jamali in a case of illegal appointments in Sindh Police.

Jamali and co-accused appeared in the hearing where NAB Prosecutor informed the court that more than eight hundred people have been inducted in the department illegally during the tenure of Jamali. Justice Iqbal Kalhoro had sought the number of illegal appointments in the department.

Justice K.K. Agha remarked how those vacancies were filled which were not vacated and how accused filled them.

Defence lawyer Ali Asghar Advocate contended that NAB inquiry into this case was ineffective. “Why didn’t you challenge the NAB documents when they began probe into this case,” court asked.

Justice K.K. Agha also questioned the interim bail of accused and observed it could not stretch beyond one year and why the accused wasted time during this period. Court put off the hearing for April 19, 2018.