power breakdown

Inquiry body informs cabinet ‘human, technical error’ caused tripping of plants

Petroleum minister made convener of four-member inquiry body

Petition states outage "severely affected" national security of Pakistan

Probe team tasked to probe possible foreign hand in breakdown

Could have lead to a communications blackout as mobile phone towers were running out of backup fuel and batteries

Inmates of Karachi prisons were crying for mercy cooped in overcrowded cells

Electricity transmission system has not been restored to its full extent

Port city faces power outages after entire K-Electric system tripped following a lightning strike on Jamshoro circuit

Says previous government did not introduce any new technology to improve distribution system

A large number of people participated in the protest

DHA, Shirin Jinnah Colony, Keamari, Mauripur, Orangi Town, North Karachi and several other areas had power breakdown

Unannounced load shedding continues in different areas

Tripping of 11 Guddu power plant units caused supply shortfall of 787 megawatts

Sources says reveal shortfall of about 2,000 MW because of closure of gas-run power plants

KE attributes power breakdown to tripping of nation­al grid lines

Restoration work underway, says KE

DHA, Clifton, Saddar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulistan-e-Johar, Nazimabad, North Karachi, Malir are among affected areas

Two 500kv grid stations trip due to technical fault

There is to be a “fact-finding committee” to investigate the most serious power breakdown for at least a year

Says blackout exposes fragile stability, reliability of the system

Tuesday night's heavy rain spell leaves half the metropolis inundated with water

Saad Edhi says despite paying their bills, morgue has not had power for eight days creating a 'terrible situation'

PSP leader Dr Saghir Ahmed says long hours of power suspensions have made the lives of citizens miserable

Power suspended to more than half of Karachi, Upper Sindh on first day of holy month

Murad Ali Shah says he had expressed his apprehensions over "fragile and unreliable" electricity transmission...

Workers were protesting power outages during sehri on first day of Ramazan

As a result, many areas suffer from water crisis

Power breakdown wreaks havoc

Overloading causes major power outage; PESCO claims it is not carrying out load-shedding.

A transmission line tripped in Uthal, a district headquarters of Lasbela

Most parts of city without electricity supply for up to nine hours

KE says extra high tension transmission line tripped

Shops & offices closed early and parliament was disrupted as authorities said restoring supply could take three hours

Reports from other districts suggested the power outage lasted between 6 and 12 hours till late in the evening

Karachi faces major power breakdown as backup line trips near Jamshoro

Added to the power breakdowns is the perennial problem of regular power outages

The southern part in Sindh and Balochistan was not affected

No electricity till Friday evening; PESCO cites problem in power house

G-B CM pledges Rs5,000 each for flood victims