As the country plunges into darkness, Pakistanis are coping with the power outage in the best manner they can: with memes and rib-tickling content on the micro-blogging website
Taking to Twitter, many users shared their experience of waking up to no electricity in their homes
Since then, #PowerOutage has been trending on the internet
Famous RJ and host, Anoushey Ashraf, tweeted, "While we spend billions on protecting our borders and interests (ahem) the country has officially run out of gas, dollars and now electricity
We never had education or infrastructure anyway
Pakistan’s a business for a chosen few families, the rest of us are mere sheep
" While we spend billions on protecting our borders & interests (ahem) the country has officially run out of gas, dollars and now electricity
We never had education or infrastructure anyway
Pak’s a business for a chosen few families, the rest of us are mere sheep
#poweroutage — Anoushey Ashraf (@Anoushey_a) January 23, 2023 Zunaira Inam Khan shared, "As we sit here with a nationwide power outage and our reserves reaching single digits, can we now accept that we're fast approaching rock bottom and our ability to hold our borders will do no good if the country is crumbling from within? We need to rethink our priorities now!" As we sit here with a nation-wide #poweroutage and our reserves reaching single digits, can we now accept that we're fast approaching rock bottom and our ability to hold our borders will do no good if the country is crumbling from within? We need to rethink our priorities now! — Zunaira Inam Khan (@ZunairaInam) January 23, 2023 The memes roll in Of course, there were some who continued spreading humour and shared some hilarious memes
I'm reading tweets about power outage wd 10% cellphone charging
💀#poweroutage pic
com/w53K95AQhD — mahnoor
ch (@mahn00r_ch) January 23, 2023 Scens right now #poweroutage pic
com/P9AdBrRLgM — Qasim ali (@i_qasimali) January 23, 2023 The whole country waking up to no electricity: #poweroutage pic
com/7lpulJqjBz — Zain Ali (@theycallme_jutt) January 23, 2023 If you were forget to charge the phone#PowerOutage pic
com/3CHk9yA6sv — Shahzaib Malik 🇵🇰 (@ShahzaibMalikPK) January 23, 2023 Don't worry guys
They are just tryna'a restart Pakistan
#poweroutage pic
com/289UzybfFa — ɯɐǝɹᗡ (@burrrgergirl) January 23, 2023 Me waking up to no electricity: #poweroutage pic
com/LCgcdCLZEc — Brownie ✨ (@the_desi_dream) January 23, 2023 #poweroutage People whose phone battery 90% charged
20% charged pic
com/RVVNfz1BFe — Zain Ali (@theycallme_jutt) January 23, 2023 #poweroutage Nobody people with solar panels in their homes
pic
com/ASRV7X0Cx5 — Huzaifa_Bhatti (@huzzi_here) January 23, 2023 Situation Without electricity #poweroutage pic
com/kdMn7PEl8T — SHAH اسد 🇵🇰 (@SyedParuShah) January 23, 2023 emotional break down, mental break down, physical break down ke baad pesh-e-khidmat ha 'power breakdown' #poweroutage — c'est l⍶ vie ⇜⬳ (@wtfdanishhh) January 23, 2023 I'm reading tweets about power outage wd 10% cellphone charging
💀#poweroutage #ElectricityShutDown pic
com/li4o5zqNfV — Shoaib Zahid (@ShoaibZahid6) January 23, 2023 A major power breakdown hit the country early Monday morning, affecting multiple cities, such as, Rawalpindi and Karachi
In a strict notice issued by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), the country's power authority sought a report on the blackout from the National Transmission & Despatch Company (NTDC)
It noted that NEPRA has "continuously been issuing instructions and recommendations to prevent such incidents in future", adding that it had imposed penalties for incidents of blackouts and tower collapses in the country in 2021 and 2022
| Date: | 25-Jan-2023 | Reference: | View Original Link |
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