The Ministry of Energy in Pakistan stated that the power outages occurred nationwide due to "Big holidays" In the national grid, factories, schools and hospitals were damaged in all major cities.
Energy Minister Khurum Dastagir said the outage began around 7:34 am local time (0234 GMT) when there was a disruption in the grid voltage between the cities of Jamshoro and Dadu in the southern province of Sindh.
He told Geo TV news station: "Grid voltage disturbance occurred and systems were shut down one by one. This is not a major crisis".
Outages were reported in the southern port city of Karachi, the capital Islamabad and Lahore in the east and Peshawar in the north.
The ministry said in a statement that work is underway to restart the systems, and the minister indicated that electricity has returned in some areas of the country.
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The ministry said in a statement: “According to preliminary information, National Grid in Pakistan To lose the frequencies causing the occurrence Big holidays. There is quick work to fix the network.”
Pakistan’s Energy Ministry said nationwide power outages were due to a “major failure” in the national grid, with factories, schools and hospitals in all major cities damaged.
Energy Minister Khurum Dastagir said the outage began around 7:34 am local time (0234 GMT) when there was a disruption in the grid voltage between the cities of Jamshoro and Dadu in the southern province of Sindh.
“There was a disruption in the network voltage and systems were shut down one by one. This is not a major crisis,” he told Geo TV news station.
Outages were reported in the southern port city of Karachi, the capital Islamabad and Lahore in the east and Peshawar in the north.
The ministry said in a statement that work is underway to restart the systems, and the minister indicated that electricity has returned in some areas of the country.
