Rain lashes parts of Punjab, power supply disrupted

LAHORE: Heavy rain in Lahore broke the heat spell in the city on Sunday while bringing with it a major power outage as 200 feeders tripped.

Power supply was suspended in Harbanspura, inner-city, Kot Lakhpat, Sabzazar Gulshan Ravi, Samanabad, Ichra, Muslim Town, Garden Town and Gulberg areas of Lahore.

Power supply was also suspended in other cities in Punjab due to rain.

Apart from Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Murree, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Kamonki, Zafarwal, Hafizabad, Jhelum, Mandi Bahauddin, Chichawatni, and Sargodha received heavy rainstorms with blustery winds.

The Met department has forecast rain in Islamabad, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, East Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan for today.