Nationwide power outage in Pakistan after network issue
Power was cut in all major cities including Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar.
Pakistan suffered nationwide power outages early Monday due to a major failure in its national grid, the federal energy ministry said.
“According to initial information, at around 7:34 a.m. (local time) today, the National Grid experienced a loss of frequency, leading to a major failure. Work is underway quickly to revive the system,” the ministry said in a statement. release. .
Power was cut off in all major cities, including Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar.
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A frequency swing was reported in the southern part of the country between the cities of Jamshoro and Dadu when the systems came on Monday morning, Energy Minister Khurrum Dastagir said. geographic television channel.
“There was a fluctuation in the voltage and the systems went down one by one. This is not a major crisis,” Dastagir said.
Some networks in the country had already been restored, the minister added.
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