Power outages continued in several areas until early hours
Karachi
May 24, 2021
The supply of electricity remained suspended in several parts of Karachi during the early hours of Sunday despite K-Electricâs repeated assurances that power distribution had resumed.
The city had suffered a massive electricity breakdown on Saturday morning in the sweltering weather due to a fault at the Bin Qasim power station that disrupted the essential commodityâs supply for the entire day.
A large part of Karachi suffered electricity outage of up to nine or more hours as heavy smoke billowed out of the gas insulating system of a plant at Bin Qasim due to a mechanical fault. Residential areas and business centres of North Karachi, Golimar, Korangi, Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Al-Asif Square, Saddar, Shah Faisal, old city localities, Lyari, Landhi, Liaquatabad, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Federal B Area, Clifton, Safoora, PECHS and DHA were among the parts of the city that were deprived of power.