Nasirabad Pylon Blast Cuts Power in Sindh, Punjab
Power supply to several areas of Sindh and Punjab was cut after a blast destroyed a high-voltage transmission pylon in Nasirabad district, officials said on Saturday. The Nasirabad pylon blast hit supply from the Uch Power Plant and left cities across two provinces without power from that source.
Nasirabad Senior Superintendent of Police Asad Khan Nasar said an improvised explosive device was planted under the pylon in the Goth Mughal Khan Bugti area in the early hours of Saturday. The blast destroyed the pylon, which carried a 220kV line near Dera Murad Jamali.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. Police and security forces secured the site, collected evidence, and started a search operation after the blast.
What the Nasirabad pylon blast damaged
The destroyed structure was a 220kV high-voltage transmission pylon. Power from the Uch Power Plant in Nasirabad district moved through that route, and the loss of the pylon broke that link.
Officials said repairs on the destroyed pylon would begin once security clearance was obtained from the relevant authorities. The bomb disposal squad cleared the area after the blast, but no timeline for full restoration was given in the reports available on Saturday.
That sequence matters for residents waiting for power to return. Security clearance comes first, and repair work follows. Until that clearance is given, crews cannot safely rebuild the damaged structure.
Areas hit by the power cut
The power cut reached a long list of cities and towns. Shikarpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Sadiqabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Jacobabad, Kashmore, and Guddu all lost supply from the Uch plant. Some areas in Dera Murad Jamali were also affected.
The spread of the cut shows how one transmission link can serve many districts at once, even towns far from the damaged pylon.
For households and businesses in the affected cities, the immediate effect was a loss of grid power from that source. No district-by-district restoration schedule was published on Saturday.
How the Nasirabad pylon blast fits a wider energy strain
The blast comes at a time when energy supply is already under pressure in parts of the country. LPG dealers shut shops in Lahore and other cities as consumers hunted for gas, and households in several cities have faced rising fuel costs in recent weeks.
Balochistan has also seen a series of security incidents in recent days. Two trailers were torched in Turbat and three people were injured in a grenade attack in Gwadar, while police in Kalat recovered abducted recruits in a separate case. Twenty abducted police recruits were recovered safely in Kalat.
Trade through Balochistan had just started to move again after a separate disruption. Pakistan reopened the Gabd border crossing with Iran after a weeklong suspension, restoring a route for LPG and food trucks. The Nasirabad power cut is a different problem, but it adds to the strain on households that depend on steady energy supply.
What is not yet known
Several key questions remain open. Officials have not named any suspects, and no group has claimed the attack. The exact time needed to rebuild the pylon is also not known, since repairs depend on security clearance.
Officials have not said whether alternative routes can carry the full load in the meantime. They have also not published figures for how much generation was lost or how many consumers were affected in each city.
Those gaps are normal in the first hours after such an attack. Police must first secure the site, and engineers must then assess the damage before giving a firm restoration plan.
What happens next
The next steps are clear in outline, even if the timing is not. Security forces will complete their clearance of the site, and repair crews will then rebuild the destroyed pylon and restore the 220kV link.
Residents in the affected cities should watch for updates from the power authorities on restoration in their area. Until the link is rebuilt, supply from the Uch plant to those cities will remain disrupted.
The attack will also raise questions about protecting transmission infrastructure, since pylons stand in open country and are hard to guard one by one.
Where did the Nasirabad pylon blast happen?
The blast destroyed a 220kV pylon in the Goth Mughal Khan Bugti area near Dera Murad Jamali in Nasirabad district, Balochistan.
Which areas lost power?
Shikarpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Sadiqabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Jacobabad, Kashmore, and Guddu lost supply from the Uch Power Plant, along with some areas in Dera Murad Jamali.
Has anyone claimed responsibility?
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far, according to officials.
