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India-Pakistan |
People Rampage as Karachi Hit by Power Cuts |
2006-08-02 |
Enraged people went on rampage, burned tires and pelted stones on vehicles in several areas of Karachi as they vent their anger against the record long spell of power outage. The latest rollback left the city without power for nearly 36 hours. The outage followed torrential rains that has mercilessly lashed the city for the last two days. Several areas of this sprawling mega-metropolis city including New Karachi, Buffer Zone, North Karachi, Gulbahar, Liaquatabad, Garden, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Defense and Clifton remained without electricity for the last 36 hours, which also triggered a shortage of water in the areas. |
Posted by:Fred |
#7 That's called "neighborhood improvement," #6 DB. ;-p |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-08-02 20:33 |
#6 Boy-howdy I'd hate to see them after a hurricane when the power is out for weeks. They'd probably burn the area to the ground. |
Posted by: Deacon Blues 2006-08-02 16:26 |
#5 They've got an area in Karachi called 'Buffer Zone'? Buffer Zone from what? Reality? |
Posted by: Tony (UK) 2006-08-02 14:52 |
#4 Whadda they need power for? I thought electrical power grids were an invention of the decadent Americans and the infidel Jooooos? |
Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-02 14:38 |
#3 This is too weird. You had New Yorkers without power for a while, but everyone adjusted. Pakistanis, on the other hand... |
Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-08-02 04:23 |
#2 "Hey, everybody! Lets go trash the power plant!" "Yeah!" |
Posted by: PBMcL 2006-08-02 02:06 |
#1 Now they don't like the thirteenth century. Some people are never satisfied. |
Posted by: DoDo 2006-08-02 00:53 |