Blackout in Pakistan: Pakistan Engulfed in Darkness in the Late Night

Islamabad Pakistan, which is facing financial crisis, is also failing to provide electricity to its countrymen. Due to technical flaws, power fell all over Pakistan late on Saturday night. Important cities including the national capital Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Multan were completely immersed in darkness. After a lot of struggle, the power supply of some major cities was partially restored on Sunday morning. Energy Minister Omar Ayub Khan said that the technical team is engaged in efforts to restore power supply completely.

Energy Minister Khan, along with Information Minister Shibli Faraj, said that the Guddu power plant located in Sindh province blacked out at 11:41 pm on Saturday night due to technical fault. He said that 10,320 MW of electricity was visible in the grid at the time the supply stopped. This amount of electricity is sufficient for the entire country during winter.

Blackout in Pakistan System Started Shutting Down Automatically After Technical Fault

According to the Express Tribune,  Khan said that the entire situation has been conveyed to Prime Minister Imran Khan. He said that it was not yet known what was the real cause of the blackout and how the frequency of the power transmission system dropped from 50 to zero. Three major supply lines go from the Gudu power plant and it is not yet known which frequency of the first line to decline. Earlier, Islamabad deputy commissioner Hamza Shafaqat tweeted, “The line of the National Transmission Dispatch Company has been tripped. Due to which there is blackout. It will take some time for the situation to return to normal.

Nawaz Sharif accused the government

With the blackout in the country, a round of political accusations has begun. Information Minister Shibli Faraj blamed the old transmission system for this. The Energy Minister said that during the government of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz during the year 2013-18, eight whole countries blacked out.

Trending hashtag blackout on twitter

This sudden blackout triggered a lot of rumors on social media. The hashtag blackout trended at the top on Twitter shortly after the breakdown. Under this, more than 52,800 tweets were received till early Sunday. One user wrote, finally Imran Khan brought the new Pakistan into night mode. At the same time a user wrote that during this time pray for all those people who are on ventilator at this time.

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