Tag: power failure
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Power transmission system ‘fully restored’ after major outage
Late on Thursday, the Ministry of Energy confirmed that all countrywide power had been “fully restored,” adding that the issue with two 500kV lines in Karachi’s south had been fixed. The ministry posted on its official Twitter account, “Electricity supply is being increased from alternative power plants, which will return to normal by Friday morning.”…
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Major power outages hit Sindh and Punjab due to a fault in southern transmission system
The Ministry of Energy said that a “fault in the country’s southern transmission system” caused a significant power outage on Thursday that affected Sindh and Punjab. In addition to Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Jamshoro, Sujawal, Badin, Mirpurkhas, Umarkot, Sanghar, Nawabshah, Matiari, Tharparkar, and Larkana, electricity service has been interrupted throughout Sindh. Additionally, the power has been…
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The Rock rips down own front gate during power outage
“Not my finest hour,” says Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson as he posts a picture of a broken gate on Instagram. The 48-year-old then reveals that he literally tore down his own front gate after a power outage caused by a storm rendered it inoperable. “Not my finest hour, but a man’s gotta go to work,”…