[イスラマバード ２３日 ロイター] – Pakistan’s energy ministry announced on Friday morning that there was a major disruption to the national power grid, causing power outages across the country.
“According to initial information, a frequency loss occurred in the national power grid at around 7:34 a.m. local time today, causing a major outage,” the ministry said in a statement. there is,” he said.
Power outages hit major cities such as Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar.
Electricity Minister Khurram Dastgil told a national television program that frequency fluctuations were reported when systems started up this morning between Jamshoro and Dadu in the south, saying: “There were fluctuations in the voltage and the systems were shut down one by one. “It’s not a serious crisis,” he said. He said some power grids have already been restored.
The phase later told Reuters that a voltage spike in the southern power grid had affected the entire power grid. He said power was being restored in stages from the north and expected to be fully restored by 10 p.m. local time.
The country experienced a large-scale power outage in October last year. Senior government officials have blamed aging power grids for the downfall.
