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Karachi remains submerged in darkness hours after last showers
[DAWN]  A large number of neighbourhoods in Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... remained submerged in darkness on Tuesday night ‐ day 2 of the first spell of monsoon rain, which had hit the city a day earlier. According to a survey on social media by Dawn.com, these included, but were not limited to, North Karachi, North Nazimabad, Nazimabad No 4, Malir Halt, Federal B Area, Gulistan-e-Johar, Defence Phases 1, 5, 6, 8, and Clifton Block 5, 6 and 7. Some respondents from North Karachi said that electricity had been restored after a period of 36 hours, whereas others at the time this report was filed were not as lucky and were still enduring a power outage. Those residing in North Nazimabad reported a similarly long outage, ranging from 36-40 hours and still continuing in some pockets. One Facebook user from Defence Phase 1 said the entire area had been "in the dark [for] over 30hrs". A Defence Phase 5 resid Posted by: Fred 2019-07-31 |
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