Power was restored, but limited load shedding for the next 48 hours

The nation will continue to utilize “limited load shedding management,” according to Khurram Dastgir, the power minister because it will take 48 to 72 hours for coal and nuclear power reactors to restart.

Dastgir announced during a news conference that, as of this morning at 5:15 am, all systems in Pakistan have been restored, except the coal and nuclear power facilities.

He went on to say that the industry will not experience power disruptions while load shedding will affect the rest of the nation, emphasizing the fact that “in the coming 48 hours, a shortfall will continue.”

All reports about the blackout were dispelled by the minister, who claimed that “the disruption in the system” did not cause any damage to the transmission lines, that no fires were detected, and that factors like fog were not responsible for the breakdown.

He also made a point of saying that “adequate fuel” was available to produce enough energy to meet the country’s demands.

The speaker reported that on Sunday night, the nation’s electrical demand, which had peaked at 8,615 megawatts in June after surpassing 30,000 megawatts in June, had reached its lowest level in a year.

When he said, “When we ramp down the system with the decreasing demand, we turn off multiple power plants,” he gave the impression that the problem was technical but insisted that the cause of the blackout was not yet fully known.

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The energy minister suggested that when the inquiry team put together by the prime minister dug deeper into the situation, it could be worthwhile to look into the potential for “foreign involvement” in our system via hacking, which he recognized was less likely but could not be ruled out.

Despite the necessity to modernize the infrastructure for energy generation and transmission, the minister stated that all systems in Pakistan had been restored. He swore to make sure that a similar occurrence wouldn’t occur in the future.

The government’s electricity division had earlier stated that all nationwide power had been restored.

Following a “system breakdown” that left the entire country in the dark, the Ministry of Energy revealed the status of grid stations and said that power had been restored after 24 hours.

Even though all 1112 grid stations have resumed functioning, Dastgir wrote on Twitter that it would probably take 48 to 72 hours for the 3,500 MW and 6,600 MW nuclear plants to restart.