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Karachi hit by another power breakdown
Updated : 3 years ago IST
About 40 per cent of Karachi was completely dark, after a high tension (HT) transmission line tripped, resulting in multiple grid stations tripping.
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Pakistan: Traders hold shutter-down strike in response to prolonged, unsch
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Chairman of the Shinkiari Traders' Association Alamgir Shah, said: "Our businesses are already suffering from record inflation and are badly hit by the daylong load-shedding as well to our misery."
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Electricity restored in Kenya after hours of nationwide power outage
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Authorities of Kenya Power said that electricity has been restored to some parts of the country affected by a nationwide blackout on Saturday and was working on bringing it back to the remaining areas, the DW news reported.
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Protests in PoK's Gilgit-Baltistan over wheat, electricity shortage
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In Gilgit Baltistan, many residents including women gathered at the intersection and blocked Shahrah-i-Quaid-i-Azam to protest up to 22 hours of daily power outages in their area.
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Pakistan's nationwide electricity blackout serves as warning of dystopian
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The power system in Pakistan has long been a source of frustration and difficulty for its citizens. The latest power outage, which left millions without electricity, is just the latest example of a chronic problem that has plagued the country for years.
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Pakistan's recent countrywide electricity blackout linked to forex woes
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A prolonged shortage of dollars is wreaking havoc throughout the economy and a nationwide power outage this week underscored the razor-thin margins for error in Pakistan's energy sector.
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CM Yogi directs officials to ensure no power outage in UP on R-Day
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Necessary instructions have been given to the managing directors of distribution corporations to ensure an uninterrupted power supply to all areas of the state.
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BBC documentary row: Delhi Police starts inquiry into complaint of stone p
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Hours after students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) marched a protest to Vasant Kunj Police Station and filed a complaint of a deliberate power outage and stone pelting barring them to screen a BBC documentary on PM Modi, Delhi Police on Wednesday said that they have started the
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Pak: Textile sector suffers massive financial loss due to countrywide powe
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A grid failure that lead to a massive countrywide power outage in Pakistan has caused the country's textile sector a whopping financial loss of USD 70 million, ARY News reported on Tuesday.
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Pakistan govt to probe 'foreign intervention' over power outage, says Powe
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Addressing a press conference, 24 hours after Pakistan plunged into darkness, Khan on Tuesday, however, said the "possibility of foreign intervention through the internet is low".
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Pak PM Shehbaz express his "sincere regrets" over power outage
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The blackout, which Energy Minister Khurram Dastagir claimed was caused by a power surge, is the second significant grid breakdown in three months and adds to the nearly daily blackouts Pakistan's population experiences.
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PM Shehbaz Sharif orders inquiry into power outage in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an inquiry into the power outage in Pakistan that took place at around 7:34 am on Monday and left many cities including Karachi, Lahore, Quetta and Islamabad without electricity, Geo TV reported.
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