'Pakistan a country, not a phone that you'll reboot it': Imran Khan slammed over blackout

Cities and towns across Pakistan were plunged into darkness for several hours on Saturday night following a massive nationwide electricity blackout. Hitting out at Prime Minister Imran Khan-led PTI government over power failure, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) secretary-general Ahsan Iqbal said that PM Khan h "attempted to reboot country".

'This is a country, t a mobile phone'

" country's ecomy is in doldrums. We have mounting deficits. Imran Khan thought: 'Why don't we reboot country like a mobile phone? Maybe it'll work'," Iqbal said while mocking Khan, reported Geo News. "Imran Sahab, this is a country, t a mobile phone which will begin working after rebooting it. For God's sake do t play with country like this. Hand in your resignation and go home," Iqbal said.

PML-N leer furr remarked that this unprecedented shutdown "proves that this government is incompetent and unqualified".

7 officials suspended

Meanwhile, Pakistan's Central Power Generation Company on Sunday suspended seven officials of Guddu rmal Power Station on account of negligence during ir duties which caused a massive power failure, reported Daily Pakistan. "Seven officials working under Plant Manr-III are hereby laced under suspension with immediate effect and until furr orders, on account of negligence of duty which caused power failure found in view of a preliminary inquiry," res tification issued by Central Power Generation Company Limited.

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This development comes after federal government constituted a committee to investigate sudden electricity failure that hit country on late Saturday night. Pakistan's Energy Minister on Sunday said that power breakdown occurred when frequency in national power distribution system (NTDC) suddenly fell from 50 to zero, ding that matter was being investigated and attempts were being me to restart Tarbela Power Station and restore supply.

Omar Ayub said he was personally supervising restoration work and has been periodically sharing restoration updates on his Twitter account. According to a PTI report, Imran Khan said that country faced 8 blackouts during Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government's tenure from 2013-2018

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(With ncy inputs)