Pakistan hit by nationwide blackout
Elctricity shut down for unknown reasons. Save your batteries. Use less resources as there is no idea how long this can go.
#Blackout
A technical fault has caused what appears to be a nationwide blackout, officials and residents say. It was not immediately known how long it may last.
The incident began at 11:50 p.m. on Saturday when power failures were reported in all major cities, including Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, and Rawalpindi. It appeared to be nationwide.
“[The National Transmission & Despatch Company] system tripped. It will take sometime before everything gets back to normal,” Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Hamza Shafqaat said.
Multan complete blackout!!..
2021 game going strong
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Complete #blackout in whole Pakistan, no #electricity anywhere https://t.co/gQSacBnnLq.
#blackout
Imran khan delayed the visit to hazara mourners for a reason . #blackout https://t.co/R9jvg1kyCZ
BREAKING NEWS:
COUNTRY WIDE ELECTRICITY BREAK IN ALL MAJOR CITIES OF PAKISTAN. Karachi , Lahore , Islamabad all off.
#blackout https://t.co/93iDPEtccW
UPDATE 1: 80% areas of the country are affected by the outage.
UPDATE 2: The electricity has gone out nationwide due to Baloch separatists attacks on transmission lines of the national grid. More details to follow. [Various news outlets]
From Twitter
People who love darkness right now:
Ye blackout hai isse party nhi kehte?#blackout— FAHAD AHMAD (@shaheryar_habib) January 9, 2021
#blackout again? Last time when country went blackout ,Martial Law was imposed and Nawaz Sharif was arrested.
Meanwhile Imran Khan: pic.twitter.com/LyzszYztOA
— Zohraiz Mushtaq🇵🇰 (@zohraiz_mushtaq) January 9, 2021
https://twitter.com/aiman__waqar/status/1347991319298404352?s=19
2 ghantay intezar karo mere aziz hum watno #BlackOut https://t.co/dFVS6T3MbC
— Usman 🇵🇰 (@NooRunnn) January 9, 2021
Corona Virus 3.0? Blowing out infrastructure? Whats next. #blackout Israel warned Pakistan of the consequences.. #Anonymous
— IllogicalPakistani (@IllogicalPakis1) January 9, 2021
Fazul Rehman bijli thek krny pohnch gaya #blackout pic.twitter.com/ZU2tAcw80s
— Adv Abdul Majeed Mahar (@MajeedMahar4) January 9, 2021
https://twitter.com/AdeelSiyal02/status/1347992679565692928?s=19
#electricity #poweroutage
Last #blackout lead to Marshall LawIK right now: pic.twitter.com/KHXcPHIQb7
— Talha Bhai (@hmm_ach) January 9, 2021