More then 220 million citizens of pakistan experienced Power outage, including those living in the metropolises of Karachi and Lahore, were still without power as of Monday night.
More than 12 hours after the breakdown, Energy Minister Khurram Dastgir announced on Monday night that work had started to restore electricity nationwide.
According to Dastgir, certain areas of Balochistan and Islamabad have power starting to come back.
The outage in Pakistan, caused by “frequency fluctuation” in the national grid, had earlier been predicted to be resolved by 10pm, according to the ministry.
Dastgir told Reuters that the grid should be completely operational by 10pm, adding, “We are trying our very best to achieve restoration before that.”
In a televised speech, the minister said that there had been a widespread power outage in the nation and added that workers were trying to get the power back on.
The North-South transmission corridor had an unexpected voltage and frequency fluctuation around 7:34 this morning, which had an impact on the national grid’s system frequency and resulted in a widespread breakdown.
Although he claimed that the nation’s transmission system remained unaffected, he said that electricity was necessary to start up power plants and dams.
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Many journalists and lawmakers turned to Twitter after the breakdown.
Shireen Mazari, the leader of the PTI and a former minister for human rights, criticised the administration and claimed that a “incompetent cabal of crooks” was ruining the nation.
According to journalist Owais Tohid, there are concerns that “a country with a vulnerable economy is going into a catastrophic energy crisis in harsh winter” as a result of the power outage.
According to journalist Iftikhar Firdous, the circumstance will “increase the panic and anxiety in the nation.”
Another journalist, Shahbaz Rana, stated on Twitter that the power outage was “a metaphor of governance breakdown and economic meltdown.”