Karachi: Despite a major power breakdown in Karachi, flight operations at Jinnah International Airport continued as per routine, sources said on Thursday.

Following the major power breakdown, all the areas of the Jinnah International Airport, Karachi were switcehd to generators and the process of boarding and check-in continued uninterrupted.

Sources privy to the development said that extra lights have been switched off at the airport to save energy and to ensure continued operations.

Karachi suffered a major power breakdown on Thursday morning in the sweltering weather as an extra-high tension (EHT) line tripped and affected the power supply in the metropolis.

It resulted in the closure of more than 30 grids. Power outages were observed in Gulshan-e-Maymar, FB Area, Liaquatabad, SITE, Superhighway, North Karachi, North Nazimabad, Surjani Town, Gulshan, Shah Faisal, and Malir.

Meanwhile, KE Spokesperson, Imran Rana, tweeted about the power breakdown and said that there were reports of multiple outages from different parts of the city.