Pakistan Hit By Nationwide Power Blackout

Pakistan Hit By Nationwide Power Blackout



AFP News01/10/21 AT 12:51 AM


Power was gradually being restored to major cities across Pakistan Sunday after it was hit by a massive electricity blackout, officials said.


The electricity distribution system in the nation of more than 210 million people is a complex -- and delicate -- web, and a problem in one section of the grid can lead to cascading breakdowns countrywide.


The latest blackout was caused by a fault in southern Pakistan at 11:41 pm local time on Saturday (1841 GMT), power minister Omar Ayub Khan tweeted, citing preliminary reports.


https://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibt...uch-of-the.jpgThe blackout in Pakistan plunged much of the country, including its economic hub Karachi, into darkness Photo: AFP / Asif HASSAN


"The fault tripped the transmission system of the country... leading to the shutdown of power plants," Khan said.


The blackout plunged all of Pakistan's major cities into darkness, including the capital Islamabad, economic hub Karachi and the second-largest city Lahore.


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