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  • Power transmission system ‘fully restored’ after major outage

    Power transmission system ‘fully restored’ after major outage

    Late on Thursday, the Ministry of Energy confirmed that all countrywide power had been “fully restored,” adding that the issue with two 500kV lines in Karachi’s south had been fixed.

    The ministry posted on its official Twitter account, “Electricity supply is being increased from alternative power plants, which will return to normal by Friday morning.”

    According to Dawn, Energy Minister Khurram Dastgir had expressed his optimism that normal electrical service would be fully restored by tonight.

    He reported power outages on Thursday morning in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Quetta, Multan, and Faisalabad while speaking at a press conference.

    “Karachi and Quetta are priority regions now,” he said. “Nearly 8,000 MW of power went offline at around 9 AM however, the government has restored 4,700 MW,” he announced. “Restarting of power plants will consume time therefore complete resolution of the problem will take a few more hours.”

    He said that a thorough investigation had been ordered and a team had been formed for the purpose, citing the government’s worry regarding simultaneous faults in two power lines at the same time.

    “We will take action after receiving the inquiry report,” the minister said. “Due to our efforts, northern part of the country remained unaffected from the breakdown.”

    According to the Ministry of Energy, a “fault in the country’s southern transmission system” caused a significant power outage on Thursday that affected Sindh and Punjab.

    In addition to Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Jamshoro, Sujawal, Badin, Mirpurkhas, Umarkot, Sanghar, Nawabshah, Matiari, Tharparkar, and Larkana, electricity was also cut off in other parts of Sindh.

    Additionally, there were power outages in a number of Punjabi cities, including Rajanpur and Rahim Yar Khan.

    “Due to an accidental fault in the country’s southern transmission system, several southern power plants are tripping in stages, which is disrupting the transmission of electricity in the southern part of the country,” said the Ministry of Energy in a tweet post.

    “The Ministry of Energy is diligently investigating the cause of the outage and the power system will be fully restored as soon as possible,” it added.

    According to reports, a technical issue has caused the Guddu Thermal Power Station in Kashmore to stop producing electricity. Technical issues at the power plant prevent the 600MW and 747MW units from running.

    The 500-KV system nationwide is not functioning, according to sources at National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC). They claimed that the causes are still being determined.

    The southern port city’s many neighbourhoods, including Malir, Sarjani Town, and Saddar, experienced power outages. Since 10:00 am, there has been no electricity in these neighbourhoods.

    Furthermore, there were power disruptions in places including Gulshan-e-Maymar, Federal B Area, Liaquatabad, and Super Highway.

    Baldia, Orangi Town, North Nazimabad, and North Karachi are all without electricity. In addition to this, some locations, notably the SITE Industrial Area, lack electricity.

    “There are reports of multiple outages from different parts of the city,” Imran Rana, Spokesperson, K-Electric, said in a tweet post.

    “We are investigating the issue and will keep this space posted,” he added.

    According to information provided by the Ministry of Energy, the KE’s spokesperson verified that the halt in energy supply was caused by a failure in the southern transmission system in an update released about 11:45am.

    He said that efforts to restore the supply had begun, and it would take about five hours to finish the process.

  • PM Shehbaz offers to talk to India but onus on New Delhi to take steps for ‘meaningful engagement’

    PM Shehbaz offers to talk to India but onus on New Delhi to take steps for ‘meaningful engagement’

    Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday he was “absolutely willing and ready” to engage with India for the sake of regional peace and prosperity, but the onus was on New Delhi to take necessary measures for “meaningful engagement“.

    While addressing the 6th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia in Kazakhstan, the premier said, “I am absolutely ready and willing to have a serious dialogue and discussion with our counterparts, Indians, provided that they show sincerity of purpose and they show that they are ready to discuss issues that have really kept us at a distance over decades.”

    PM Sharif stressed that the people deserved that resources be diverted to their education and health.

    I want to leave behind a legacy of peace and progress

    “I want to leave behind a legacy of peace and progress for the prosperity of the coming generations of our region,” he said.

    “Pakistan’s first priority at the moment is to revive rapid and equitable economy,” he stated, regretting that issues that have kept the two countries apart had hampered the promotion of bilateral trade and investment.

    “This has to come to a stop,” he stressed, “but the onus remains on India to take the necessary steps for meaningful and result oriented-engagement.

    PM on Kashmir

    PM Sharif highlighted India’s unabated atrocities in Jammu and Kashmir for the last seven decades where Kashmiris faced the continued denial of their right to self-determination.

    He urged other countries to take notice of India’s “Bullet over ballot” policy as it blatantly quashed the United Nations Security Council’s resolution on holding a plebiscite in Kashmir.

    “India has become a threat to its minorities, neighbours and the entire region,” he said.

    Prosperous and stable Afghanistan is not only in the interest of Pakistan but also for the international community

    On Afghanistan, he said four decades of conflict took not only a heavy toll on the country but also upon Pakistan.

    Pakistan, he said, suffered immense damage to its peace and security with serious consequences in the shape of 80,000 casualties and billions of dollars in financial losses.

    The prime minister expressed satisfaction that after immense sacrifices, Pakistan was now able to control extremism and terrorism on its soil while managing to host four million Afghan refugees.

    “A prosperous and stable Afghanistan is not only in the interest of Pakistan, but also for the international community,” he said.

  • Pakistan can face Ebola outbreak warns NIH

    Pakistan can face Ebola outbreak warns NIH

    The National Health Organization (NIH) has voiced concerns that the Ebola virus could travel from the African nation of Uganda to Pakistan.


    The NIH recently released a warning on a potential Ebola outbreak in Pakistan, advising institutions that might be affected to be on high alert.
    It stated that last month, Uganda reported 36 Ebola cases, resulting in 23 fatalities.


    The Central Health Establishment will keep an eye on travellers travelling from Uganda, and the NIH will be informed of any suspected Ebola cases arriving in Pakistan.


    The most recent outbreak of Ebola in humans has been triggered by the SUDV virus, said the advisory.


    The advice claims that regional and international authorities are concerned about the spread of Ebola.


    Ebola is a potentially deadly virus that can kill up to 90 per cent of affected patients. It’s symptoms include fever, diarrhea, body aches and eventually internal and external bleeding. The highly contagious virus was first reported in 1976 in Africa. It can be spread through contact with an affected person’s bodily fluids.

  • Malala Yousafzai visits school in Karachi

    Malala Yousafzai visits school in Karachi

    Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai visited a school in Karachi on Tuesday. She spent an hour at an elementary school in Karachi’s Central District, on her first day of visit to Pakistan.


    On Wednesday, she will go to Sindh’s Dadu area, which has been devastated by flooding, and meet the victims.


    Malala Yousafzai, accompanied by her parents, arrived in Karachi to visit the flood-affected areas.

    She is expected to donate flood relief aid from the Malala Fund.


    As many as 33 million people of the 220 million South Asian nation have been affected in some way by the floods that swept away houses, roads, railways and bridges and submerged around 4 million acres of farmland.

    Yousafzai recently announced the launch of her production company, Extracurricular.

  • Nawaz Sharif meets Awn Chaudhry and Aleem Khan at London residence

    Nawaz Sharif meets Awn Chaudhry and Aleem Khan at London residence

    Aleem Khan and Awn Chaudhry met Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif separately at his London residence.

    Aleem Khan didn’t talk to the media and left right after the meeting. Refusing to give details about the meeting, Aleem Khan said, “I will avoid talking about politics.”

    “Let’s talk about the weather. The weather in London will not have any impact on the politics in Pakistan,” he said smilingly to reporters.

    Chaudhry, who is also the PM’s advisor on sports and tourism, said that Pakistan needs Nawaz Sharif at this critical juncture, adding that the nation would hear good news very soon.

    “Don’t ask me anything today. We pray that Nawaz Sharif comes to Pakistan soon,” he told the media. The Punjab government will crumble under its own weight, he predicted in reply to a question.

    PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz was present in the meeting with Nawaz Sharif.

  • Pakistan categorically rejects Narendra Modi’s remarks about Kashmir

    Pakistan categorically rejects Narendra Modi’s remarks about Kashmir

    Pakistan on Tuesday said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks about resolving the Kashmir issue are false and misleading.

    Modi, at a rally in Gujarat on Monday, claimed that he had, “resolved the Kashmir issue”.

    “As I am following the footsteps of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (former Indian Congress leader), I have values of the land of Sardar and that was the reason I resolved the problem of Kashmir and paid true tributes to Sardar Patel,” Modi was quoted as saying by the Indian media.

    Foreign Office (FO) called on India to ensure that the people of Kashmir are accorded their inalienable right to self-determination, while demanding that the Indian leadership, instead of making “delusional” statements about having resolved the Kashmir issue, must deliver on their commitments.

    The FO said that Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognised dispute, the resolution of which has been on the agenda of the United Nations since 1948.

    FO said further stated that, “India’s craftily staged visits to the occupied territory choreographed launches of so-called development projects in a bid to create a facade of normalcy will neither dampen the spirit of the Kashmiris nor would it deceive the world into believing India’s deception.”

    “Pakistan has consistently called upon the international community to assume its role and responsibility with regards to Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK) and the ongoing Indian atrocities in the occupied territory.”

    The FO noted that India must also be held responsible for its “nefarious scheme of altering the demography of IIOJK”, as well as for its brutal repression of innocent Kashmiris.

    “Pakistan reiterates its call on human rights and humanitarian organizations to condemn India’s state terrorism in IIOJK and demand an immediate reversal of the Indian government’s illegal and unilateral actions of 5 August 2019,” the statement concluded.

  • PakvsNZ: Pakistani team could not hit a single six

    PakvsNZ: Pakistani team could not hit a single six

    New Zealand has defeated Pakistan in the fourth match of the tri-nation Twenty20 International series.


    The match took place at the Hagley Oval stadium in Christchurch.


    Pakistan set a 131-run target for New Zealand which the Kiwis achieved after losing only wicket.

    Pakistan failed to hit a single six during the whole innings after they opted to bat first.

    Babar Azam and his team posted a total of 130/7 in 20 overs after deciding to bat first. Iftikhar Ahmed led the way with 27 runs off as many balls, and Asif Ali was still alive for 25 runs at the end.


    The host team achieved the target with 9 wickets to spare.

    In the final matchup before the top-two teams’ final on Friday, New Zealand will playagainst Bangladesh on Wednesday (tomorrow), while Pakistan will play the latter on Thursday.

  • Which famous Hollywood celeb just posted a Pakistani meme?

    Which famous Hollywood celeb just posted a Pakistani meme?

    Chrissy Teigen,  American model and television personality has shared this famous Pakistani meme on her Instagram story. She shared famous Pakistani disappointed meme along with the caption, “The spiders in my house watching me put spider decorations after killing their brother.”

    The disappointed Pakistani cricket fan Sarim Akhtar’s meme has also been featured in Hong Kong’s Museum of Memes.

    His ‘disappointed face’ after Asif Ali dropped David Warner’s catch in Pakistan vs Australia became a meme, and it was widely shared by social media users.

  • School van attacked in Swat, day after the 10 year anniversary of attack on Malala

    School van attacked in Swat, day after the 10 year anniversary of attack on Malala

    Gunmen opened fire on a school van on Monday in Swat, killing the driver of the vehicle and injuring two students, reports ARY.

    According to details, the incident took place in Swat’s Char Bagh area.


    The school vehicle’s driver, who was slain, was the target, according to the police who confirmed that there were almost 10 to 11 students in the van when the shooting occurred.


    Police are investigating the case.

    All private school management in Swat has announced the closure of all educational institutions tomorrow.

    It is pertinent to mention here that the attack came just a day after the ten year anniversary of the attack on Malala Yousafzai. The education activist was attacked on her way home from school in Mingora, the region’s main town on October 09, 2012.

  • PM Shehbaz Sharif appointed vice-chairperson of UN COP27

    PM Shehbaz Sharif appointed vice-chairperson of UN COP27

    The United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP27) announced on Monday that Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif will be the vice-chairperson for its 27th session.

    Pakistan received the honour from among 195 member countries of the UN as a result of the Prime Minister’s advocacy on climate change and the necessity for action at global and regional forums .

    Egyptian President and COP27 Chairperson Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi invited the Pakistani premier to co-chair the COP27 roundtable conference along with the prime minister of Norway. The conference will be held in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6-18.

    Last week, the Premier warned the world that other countries could be facing climate-induced catastrophes next after one-third of Pakistan was left inundated by flash floods, killing thousands and displacing millions.

    “What happened in Pakistan will not stay in Pakistan,” he said in a tweet reiterating his call for urgent action a day after the United Nations issued a revised flash appeal of $816 million as relief assistance for the flood-stricken people of Pakistan.

    A video compilation shared by the government’s official Twitter handle gave an overview of different occasions wherein the premier made passionate calls at a global level, stressing an urgent response by the world for his disaster-hit country.