Despite public pressure, the government of Pakistan has failed to resolve the issue, and has been criticised for its responses to victims of electricity supply shortages.
[7] According to estimates published in 2012-13, there were approximately 483 Katchi Abadis (informal settlements) in Karachi prior to 1990; residents of such localities do not have legal right to have civic facilities and basic living provisions such as electricity/water from government departments.
According to the Chairman of Standing Committee on Urban Development of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry, this has now grown to over 4,700 settlements.
[8] [9] Difference in time of load-shedding Many illegal ‘Kunda’ connections are overloading K-Electric's network, as well as causing financial losses.
One method of getting electricity into the Kunda system is accessing a nearby area where timing of two neighborhoods are different for load shedding.