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India-Pakistan
Country experiences major power breakdown
2015-01-25
[Pak Daily Times] Pakistain suddenly plunged into darkness late Saturday night following a major power breakdown, as most of the cities including Islamabad, 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...
, Lahore, Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
and Quetta witnessed a large blackout. According to TV channels, 17 districts in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
suffered a sudden power breakdown. According to Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) officials, the transmission lines from Guddu to Quetta were tripped. Also, more than 70 percent of Karachi was in darkness after a sudden power failure struck the country's industrial capital. There were reports of some grid stations in Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

being affected where three grid stations of NTDC tripped affecting Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad
...formerly known as Lyallpur, the third largest metropolis in Pakistain, the second largest in Punjab after Lahore. It is named after some Arab because the Paks didn't have anybody notable of their own to name it after...
, Multan and Gujranwala.
Posted by:Fred

#2  ..or not too distant California.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-01-25 09:04  

#1  Damn - I was going to take North Korea...
Posted by: Raj   2015-01-25 01:08  

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