Major power failure hits Karachi

Nearly half of Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city and financial hub, was without electricity after a major power failure plunged the southern metropolis into darkness.
The power breakdown occurred around 10 PM yesterday and the situation worsened as Karachi Electric the main power supplier to said the main transmission and distribution lines had developed a fault resulting in closure of grid stations.
The city of around 20 million last month also faced unusual power breakdowns with a heatwave claiming over 1,300 lives.
Many parts of Karachi remained without power throughout the night and even until this afternoon power had been not been restored to half the city.

"Since the breakdown many areas have been without power for around 15 hours now in this hot and humid weather," an irritated consumer in Nazimabad area told Geo News channel.
Last week also a similar power breakdown had lasted for around 16 hours in Karachi.