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Frequent power outages grip Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 1 (ANI): Pakistan is facing a severe power crisis with all nine power distribution companies (Discos) on Thursday starting hours-long interruptions of electricity supply in urban and rural areas across the country. On the other hand, consumers blamed the governmen
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Kabul power outage pushes 580 companies out of business: Industrial Associ
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 2 (ANI): At least 580 enterprises ceased operations in the Afghan capital city of Kabul due to power outages, Head of Afghanistan Industries and Mines Chamber (AIMC) Sherbaz Kaminzada told Sputnik on Wednesday.
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Pak: People protest in Peshawar against frequent power outages
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], January 28 (ANI): Hundreds of people in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province held a rally in Peshawar against prolonged power suspensions and demanded repair of the damaged supply lines, according to a media report.
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Protest takes place in Beirut over continuous blackouts: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], January 10 (ANI/Sputnik): A protest took place in front of the Lebanese Energy Ministry in Beirut due to ongoing power-outages in various locations across the country, media reported on Monday.
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Pakistan: Locals block roads, protest against power outages in Khyber Pakh
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], January 2 (ANI): Scores of local men and women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday blocked the road leading to the Torkham border and protested against prolonged power outages in the area.
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People in Afghanistan face power outages as electricity supply from Uzbeki
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghnistan], December 30 (ANI): Uzbekistan has temporarily decreased nearly 50 per cent electricity supply to Afghanistan, causing disruption in services in nearly 15 provinces in the country including Kabul, reported local media.
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Pakistan: Women protest against excessive power, gas outages in Lakki
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], December 29 (ANI): A large number of women clad in 'Burqas' held a protest demonstration on Tuesday against power, gas load-shedding in Lakki city.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa residents rally against power, gas outages
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], December 21 (ANI): Hundreds of residents of Lower Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan rallied against power and gas outages on Monday.
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Jamaat-i-Islami stages protest in Lahore against gas outages, increasing t
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 13 (ANI): Pakistan's Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) party on Monday held demonstrations in dozens of places in the city of Lahore in Punjab province to protest against gas load shedding and increasing tariffs for power and water utilities.
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China appears to have pumped the brakes on its big green energy push
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 6 (ANI): Power outages and natural disasters even in normal times in China alarm people as temperatures plummet. But this year has not been normal as a sudden energy crunch shuttered factories in northeast China and cut power to residential compounds forcing preg
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Instagram says things have been fixed after global outage
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): Photo and video sharing social networking platform Instagram on Friday (local time) said that the global outages which have been reported have been fixed and everything should be back to normal now.
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Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp down for second time this week
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): Social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp faced an outage for the second time this week.
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