QUETTA, March 23: The provincial metropolis and many other areas of Balochistan remained without electricity for two hours on Thursday as power supply was suspended from Dhadar area of Bolan district. The power supply was suddenly suspended from the 220-KV Quetta-Sibi transmission line at around 9:30pm. After an hour the supply was restored for a few minutes, but again went off till 11:35pm.

Officials of the Quetta Electric Supply Company said that the power supply remained suspended owing to a technical fault.

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