Blackout: Ahsan Iqbal says PM Imran Khan tried to reboot country
Pakistan
Sun, Jan 10, 2021
PML-N secretary-general Ahsan Iqbal speaking about the power outage in a video message released by the PML-N on Twitter, January 10, 2021. Still from video courtesy Twitter/PML-N
PML-N secretary-general Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday derided Prime Minister Imran Khan over the power failure that occurred across Pakistan late Saturday night, saying that the premier had attempted to reboot the country . The country s economy is in the doldrums. We have mounting deficits. Imran Khan thought: Why don t we reboot the country like a mobile phone? Maybe it ll work , Iqbal said, mockingly.
It s a country, not a mobile phone : Ahsan Iqbal rebukes PM for trying to reboot country with power shutdown
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Sunday Jan 10, 2021
PML-N secretary-general Ahsan Iqbal speaking about the power outage in a video message released by the PML-N on Twitter, January 10, 2021. Still from courtesy Twitter/PML-N
PML-N secretary-general Ahsan Iqbal, while dishing out heavy criticism on the government on Sunday over the major power failure that occurred across Pakistan the night prior, said Prime Minister Imran Khan attempted to reboot the country . The country s economy is in the doldrums. We have mounting deficits. Imran Khan thought: Why don t we reboot the country like a mobile phone? Maybe it ll work , Iqbal said, mockingly.
Cities left in the dark amid major electricity breakdown across Pakistan
Pakistan
Sun, Jan 10, 2021 An aerial view of buildings and homes in Karachi during a nationwide power blackout in 2014. AFP
Cities across Pakistan were left in the dark as a major electricity breakdown occurred late Saturday night.
The cities facing disruption included Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Multan, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Muzaffargarh, Narowal, Bhakkar, Kabirwala, Khanewal, Bahawalpur and Sukkur.
The breakdown extended as far as Azad Kashmir. Furthermore, according to
Geo News Nadeem Kausar, 29 districts of Balochistan were without power.
He said mobile and internet services have also been affected due to the breakdown.