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POWER was restored to much of Pakistan today after more than 140 million people were plunged into darkness due to a rebel attack on power lines.
Up to 80 per cent of the population lost electricity in the early hours of Sunday.
The power failure caused electricity to be cut in major cities, including the capital Islamabad.
The outage started after midnight when a transmission line connected to the national grid was damaged in an explosion, officials said.
Authorities blamed the attack on a separatist group in the Baluchistan province in the country’s south-west.
Water and Power Minister Abid Sher Ali apologised for the power failure and blamed rebels in Baluchistan’s Naseerabad district.
Rebels have attacked the electricity grid in Baluchistan three times in the last two weeks.
