Overview
- JI chief Hafiz Naeem said on May 30 that more than half of Karachi has faced prolonged piped-water outages, forcing many households to buy costly private water tankers.
- The shortages peaked over the Eid al-Adha period and have worsened sanitation and animal-care problems in neighbourhoods such as Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Azizabad and North Nazimabad.
- Hafiz Naeem accused the PPP of 18 years of mismanagement and alleged the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board failed to use a reported Rs43 billion budget for proper cleanliness and waste disposal.
- JI organised collective sacrifice (Ijtimai qurbani) at more than 150 locations to provide relief while also announcing policy demands that include large cuts to petrol prices and an upcoming detailed budget proposal on June 3.
- City officials, including Mayor Murtaza Wahab, have rejected claims of a citywide crisis, creating a direct political confrontation that could shift focus to local governance and municipal powers in Sindh.