Pakistan faces massive power outage, officials blame 'frequency variation'

Pakistan power outage: India’s neighbouring country Pakistan is currently facing major power outage in several cities including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Quetta among others. These cities faced the outage due to a fault in transmission lines, media reports suggested. "All the transmission lines supplying electricity to Balochistan have tripped, " as per the Geo News. 

Pakistan's massive power outage

Several cities in Pakistan including Karachi, Quetta, Lahore and Islamabad among others faced power outage on Monday morning at 7:30 am. Power minister Khurrum Dastagir said that power failure was due to a "frequency variation" in southern Pakistan. He assured that it was not a major concern and power would be back soon. 

In a statement the energy ministry said that at about 07:30 local time (02:30 GMT) the grid "experienced a loss of frequency, that caused a major breakdown". Further, he added that system will be revived shortly.

Power fluctuation in Pakistan

Power outage in Pakistan have become a major concern. Many areas across the country suffer frequent power cuts at regular intervals. Many business owners have their own generation to avoid stoppage of work due to power cut. 

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