It isn’t Summer season yet and Pakistani cities are already hit with major blackouts. These blackouts aren’t even hourly, they are actual massive breakdowns of power in these cities. Recently Islamabad and large parts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including major cities like Lahore and Peshawar wee faced with a major blackout that lasted for more than 6 hours(much more than that in some areas).
It’s Karachi’s time now
The largest city of Pakistan, the hub of commerce and beaches in Pakistan, the once roshniyoun ka shehr is suffering from a blackout for the past several hours.
Reasons for the power failure are the same as Punjab/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa breakdown
Disruption at the 500kV EHT line has caused the #KarachiBlackout, teams working to restore power asap. pic.twitter.com/fCWL63ZFPD
— KE (@KElectricPk) January 29, 2016
While this time there is “disruption” at the Hub-Jamshoro line, the other break was caused by problems with the Guddu Barrage.
And people are definitely not taking it silently
#KElectric brace yourself 😬😬😂😂#KarachiBlackOut
— Raza Khan (@razakhan_rk) January 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/JaveriaE/status/692987638970728448
They’re angry
https://twitter.com/Mahii_Here/status/692980690598662144
And frustrated
https://twitter.com/taqizaidi7/status/692985509178667008
They have questions
WTF is going on?? #KarachiBlackOut
— Shahzaib (@Shahzaib_999) January 29, 2016
Aray bhai light dedo #KarachiBlackOut
— Subhan Ahmed Najmi ⚖️ (@NajmiFactor) January 29, 2016
Some of them are making lemonade out of their lemons
Here comes an exclusive black friday for karachi 😀 😂💪#AfterDaraz #WapdaTrolled #KarachiBlackOut
— 🇵🇸 (@ZainabHanif) January 29, 2016
#KarachiBlackOut In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
— Dr.Saima Khanzadi (@KhanSkhan12335) January 29, 2016
While others had very different experiences
Yaha to haingi light #KarachiBlackOut
— Syed Hussain Mujtaba Rizvi (@110HussainRizvi) January 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/SyedSalehAbbas/status/693002990270189568
And there is good news too
https://twitter.com/SyedJunaidUlHaq/status/692980568619892736
But this person had the biggest struggle of all due to the blackout
– Had to put up eyeliner in torch light. #KarachiBlackOut
— Nats Pats (@Natashashafiii) January 29, 2016