Updated Jan 12, 2021 | 19:18 IST
As the country plunged into darkness due to electricity grid collapse, Pakistanis ensured that their spirits remained peppy and unaffected by the lack of light. Meme fest in Pakistan during electricity grid failure and ensuing blackout | Photo Credit: Twitter
Key Highlights
Darkness enveloped Pakistan on 10th January as a major grid failure struck electricity supply across the country
But enveloped in darkness, those who could access social media, especially Twitter, cracked jokes and posted memes
These memes reflected the intrinsic sense of humour the people of the natin possess in the face of calamity
In South Asia, people are ready for hard work and the grind. Calamities like electricity failure or snapped water supply lines are temporary and surmountable problems. People of Pakistan reflected this spirit two days ago when the nation faced a blackout due to snapped power lines.
Massive protests in Gilgit-Baltistan against PAK army, protestors demand justice
Continuing its baseless allegations against India, Pakistan today said that New Delhi has been involved in promoting the anti-Pakistan agenda. The fresh allegation was made by Major General Babar Iftikhar, the director general of the notorious Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Pakistan s intelligence agency.
Pakistan army diplomat said that India has been creating anti-Pakistan propaganda in six areas including abetting terrorism, targeting the economy, using diplomacy, fomenting chaos, Kashmir, and social issues.
Maj Gen Babar IftikharCredit:Twitter
Pakistan: The terror factory
All the domains Gen Iftikhar alleged identified actually tells the grave story of Pakistan and only one country can be blamed for this situation that s Pakistan itself. Beginning with support on terrorism, there is no hidden fact that Pakistan is a factory of terrorists. Started with dictator Zia ul Haq in 1960s and la
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Some Peace Negotiators Still to Return to Doha: Sources
Sources in Qatar said that some members of the Taliban’s negotiating team, including their chief negotiator Shaikh Abdul Hakim Haqqani, have not traveled back to Doha from Pakistan to attend the second round of negotiations.
Sources close to the Taliban said recent talk about a possible interim government, being discussed by US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Kabul, is why some Taliban delegates have not returned to Doha.
Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem rejected the report that Abdul Hakim Haqqani has not gone to Qatar so far.
The negotiating team of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has been in Qatar for the last five days.