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India-Pakistan
Major cities plunge into darkness after power breakdown
2013-02-25
[Dawn] A major power failure occurred in cities across Pakistain late Sunday night, DawnNews reported.

Urban centres including Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Gujranwala, Multan, Quetta and Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
were affected after a fault developed in the National Power Control Centre (NPCC).

A 1200-megawatt Hubco power plant tripped which lead to a system failure across Pakistain, according to the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda).

In Karachi 36 grid stations have tripped. At least 70 per cent of the city has plunged into darkness, reports suggest. In the rest of Sindh there are reports of power failures.

In Quetta and surrounding areas of the placid provincial capital, power supply was suspended too following the fault at NPCC. Apart from Quetta, power supply has gone in northern and central districts of Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
Cities in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
are also facing the same difficulty, with reports suggesting several cities experiencing power outages.
Posted by:Fred

#1  I'm having a hard time giving a shit here.
Thay want the world in the 10th Century, well there was NO power then.

Tough tootie.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-02-25 16:36  

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