Daily Times July 13, 2021 It does not always rain in Karachi. But whenever it does, flooded roads, blackouts and traffic jams wreak havoc on Pakistan’s bride of cities. The catastrophic horrors of last year’s hellish monsoon are still etched fresh in the minds of many. Probably why the first spell of this season brought back painful memories as Karachiites prayed to not be drowned in their garbage once again. Adding to their angst, power outages were back in all their glory; blanketing large parts of the city in utter darkness. There is literally no merit to hound anyone over this miserable state of affairs. That too, in our country’s commercial capital. For no protest is strong enough to rattle the chiefs milking Karachi out of their deep, deep slumber. The city’s infrastructure has been quietly collapsing for quite some time now. The Karachi Municipal Corporation is idly sitting by as the filthy sewerage water threatens to bog down an already creaking drainage system. Not much has been done to improve the net of feeble electric lines. Most likely, many precious lives would again be lost to the deadly tinderbox. Compounded with a shambolic breakdown of communication and transportation lines, the ill-starred city is up for another nightmare.