Power shutdown: some questions (2).

Byline: Ali Ashraf Khan - Karachi

THIS refers to the sudden power breakdown in Karachi's DHA area around midnight Jan 10. The power supply was restored only the next day around noon; after 12 long, agonising hours.

During all this while, some of the relevant officials started tweeting about the 'various' causes of the outage. It was only much later that the mainstream media reported about what seemed to have gone wrong at Guddu power plant.

What I know is that to counter any power breakdown in the country due to any fault or sabotage, a national power grid was made, linking the entire country, excluding Karachi, because the city has an independent power generation and distribution company; K-Electric.

The national grid has been designed in such a way that even if any grid or power station was shut down, large areas would not plunge into darkness.

Considering this, why the whole country plunged into darkness for more than 12 hours? If...