Gulshan-e-Maymar and surrounding areas in Karachi Wednesday experienced a major power breakdown after K-Electric cables caught fire. The fire caused at least 27 K-Electric feeders to trip and go off-grid. The power outage was reported in the early hours of Wednesday and even after twelve hours the power has not been restored. K-Electric Director Rana Imran confirmed the breakdown and said that the power restoration efforts were underway. “The teams are trying to investigate the cause of the fire,” he added. The supply has been suspended to Gulshan-e-Maymar, Diamond City, Mashriq Society, Ahsanabad, Etawa Society, Cotton Society, Hadiabad, Ayub Goth and Industrial Area. .
KARACHI: Police’s Counter-Terrorism Department on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a suspected sectarian militant.
A joint team of the CTD and a federal institution carried out an action in Khuda Ki Basti in Surjani Town and detained the suspect identified as Abbas Jafri.
The CTD said he was associated with a militant outfit, Zainabiyoun Brigade. He was also a close aide to the “most-wanted” militant Yawar Abbas, whose name was also included in the government’s ‘Red Book’.
The raiding team also confiscated weapons from his possession.
The spokesperson said that Abbas Jafri had received training from a neighbouring country in 2014, where he was taught “medical and intelligence services”.