Pakistanis light up Twitter as country plunges into darkness

Restoration efforts carried on well into Sunday morning after almost all cities and towns across Pakistan plunged into darkness late Saturday night following a major technical fault that caused the frequency in the entire distribution system to drop from 50 to 0.

Tweeting from the ministry's official Twitter handle, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Energy said that according to initial reports, the Guddu power plant developed a fault at 11:41 pm on Saturday night.

While the first few minutes after the blackout were rather confusing as to the reason behind the nationwide crackdown, many took to Twitter and shared their theories about the same. We bring you the best memes and tweets we came across.

As always, the first thought by many was that a war has broken out between the two countries. 

Many pondered over the possibilities:

And of course, The Simpsons predicted it as well:

We have to agree. Twitter really has been there through thick and thin:

Of missed opportunities:

Ngl, same.

This cracked us up!

And for people who never got to know what transpired:

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