Many parts of the country are undergoing massive electricity breakdown right now after Tarbela, Mangla and Ghazi Barotha power plants tripped apparently due to faults in the main transmission line. According to reports, the national grid is facing a shortfall of 4000 megawatts electric supply.
The power supply has been gone since earlier this morning, leaving Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and some parts of Sindh and Balochistan in the dark
People were waking up to the bijli gone
Does anyone know why there’s no bijli in Pakistan today ?
— Rabia (@RabiaABhatti) May 16, 2018
#Loadshedding no electricity in sargodha since 9:30 a.m
— Qaiser Tufail (@QaiserTufail1) May 16, 2018
@KElectricPk light has gone at 10am and still not come can you please confirm us what is the new loadshedding timings and why still fault is not resolved since last night
— Umair Qazi (@UmairQazi00) May 16, 2018
Power out all over Islamabad apparently. E11, F11, F8 and F7 facing outage since 9:30 for sure. Loadshedding's last hurrah before Ramadan starts, I'm hoping.
— ارحم (@arhamtausif) May 16, 2018
As it became apparent that the electricity was gone all over the country, emotions started to run a little wild
Ok, I am starting to realise, no one is getting bijli throughout the country. #PowerOutage
— Faran Rafi (@faranrafi) May 16, 2018
And duaein for the government started flowing out of people’s mouths
Thankyou @MaryamNSharif … light agai hai… jeeti raho .. you are the sweetest ever.
Plz marry my dog … he needs a bitch.#Loadshedding— Mah_E_Cinaan (@mah_E_cinaan) May 16, 2018
Even though the breakdown is from “tripping of the major power plants”, people have started cursing PML N
#Loadshedding
Trying to study for my exam but this load shedding ?
laanat noon league par
aur lakh di laanat noon league ke supporters par.— ?? (@Oye_Rebelicious) May 16, 2018
Shahbaz Sharif, I would like to meet you sometime and explain you the meaning of #loadshedding. Perhaps you seem to believe in some other meaning of the word because there is NO electricity in Lahore since 9am. Take off your circus hat and take some serious action.
Copied— جینے دو (@jeetayraho1) May 16, 2018
Even the National Assembly’s without power today
PMLN has redefined "loadshedding has ended" as today even NA has no electricity despite having gone "solar"!
— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) May 16, 2018
Garmi mein sarcasm bhi ubal ubal ke bahar anay laga
Na bijli hai na paani phir bhi dil hai Pakistani✌ https://t.co/C5HxgVUDb1
— syeda zainabb (@syedazainabb) May 16, 2018
Lagta hai PMLN shaitaano ko bnd kr rhi hai aur saari bijli wahan lgrhi hai.
— AJ. (@AyJay_6) May 16, 2018
People are leaving their homes to run away from the load shedding
Me texting my husband from office. #Loadshedding pic.twitter.com/HqHgOdZuca
— Hira (@hiraahmedsheikh) May 16, 2018
Others chose to cope with the situation by indulging the nation’s favorite beverage
Bijli or garmi ki ahoo..
Chalo chaye banaooo. pic.twitter.com/tKH7bX14xT— PM Imran Khan ?? (@Waqas_amjad) May 16, 2018
People also started panicking as their devices ran out of juice
First the light goes, then the ups dies, then the powerbank gives way.
Kahan ho tum chalay aao, phone ki charging ka taqaza hai. #Wapda #Lahore
— Ali (@desilad0198) May 16, 2018
Everyone hunting for power outlets linked to the UPS after the 4th consecutive hour of this power breakdown. This is going to end in a bloodbath.
— Kala Kawa (@kaalakawaa) May 16, 2018
Kuch ko toh Allah Mian bhi yaad agaye
Wapda walo ALLAH poochay. ??
— Aymen Khakwani (@AymenKhakwani) May 16, 2018
But most of all, many people have become so besharam, it’s kinda hilarious
Fuck you Wapda
— Talal (@Talalxsk) May 16, 2018
I'm supposed to be leaving for Islamabad in an hour yet there's no light! Wtf I got to iron my clothes ! Fuck wapda walay bc chutye Hn !
— faiqa bayan (@DatBrozonedGurl) May 16, 2018
Like, some are even revealing their kinky side
Kinky fuck u wapda https://t.co/5GhdIwtmY8
— Adnan Raja (@R_AD9_) May 16, 2018
But honestly though
No electricity in the whole of Pakistan. WTFFFFFFF #aikwaarifirsher ☺️ #Loadshedding
— Nayha Kamal (@nayhakamal98) May 16, 2018
How are you coping with the electric breakdown? And are you one of those who’re cursing the PML N government for failure of the power plants all over the country?
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