Major power breakdown across Pakistan
Islamabad, The Gulf Observer: Major power breakdown hit Pakistan early Monday morning, affecting multiple cities, such as, Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Karachi.
In a tweet, the Ministry of Energy confirmed that according to initial reports, the system frequency of the national grid went down at PST 7:34am today, causing a widespread breakdown in the power system.
System maintenance work is progressing rapidly, assured the ministry, adding that restoration of grid stations from Warsak has begun.
Limited number of grids of Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) and Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) have been restored.
The official Twitter account of PakWeather.com, Pakistan’s first (Pvt) Automated Weather Stations Network, also reported a power outage in cities including Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and Quetta.
According to the IESCO spokesman, the electricity supply to 117 IESCO grid stations has been suspended.
While no clear reason for the suspension has been given yet by the IESCO Region Control Centre, the company maintained that its “management is in constant communication with the concerned authorities”.
