Residents of G-7 slum demand electricity, street lighting

News Desk 

Islamabad: Residents of the slum area in Sector G-7 have urged authorities to provide a stable electricity supply and install proper street lighting in their locality.

The community has been facing severe difficulties due to frequent power outages and the absence of functional streetlights. According to residents, the area plunges into complete darkness after sunset, creating serious safety and security risks.

Families, particularly women and children, struggle to move around at night, while students face difficulties studying without electricity.

Residents have called on the Capital Development Authority (CDA), Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO), and Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC) to take immediate action to restore power connections and install streetlights to improve living conditions, ensure safety, and uphold basic rights.

Meanwhile, for many women police officers in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, the end of an official duty does not mean the end of the day.

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Their shift often begins much earlier — at home, before sunrise — preparing breakfast, sending children to school, finishing household chores, and then continues with another challenge: reaching duty points on time and returning home without reliable transport.

Outside Rawalpindi’s Sadiqabad Police Station, a woman constable waves at passing vehicles after completing her duty.

But the city’s public transport has stopped due to protest rallies. No bus, no van, not even a rickshaw halts. Motorcyclists ride past without a glance.

At home, her three children wait, hungry and tired. “I still have to knead the flour, cook for my kids, and serve my husband. But first, I need to reach home — and that itself feels impossible,” she says with weary eyes.

Across Pakistan, women in the police are performing double duties. At home, they are mothers, wives, and homemakers. On the streets, they are officers responsible for maintaining law and order. Yet, unlike their male colleagues, they have no dependable transport to take them to and from work.

A woman officer posted at the Police Helpline 15 Office in Islamabad shared her daily ordeal