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Power went out in almost all of Pakistan. It is reported by CNN with reference to the Ministry of Energy of the country.
“Today at 7:34 am (05:34 Moscow time), the system frequency of the national network dropped, which led to a widespread failure in the power system,” the department said.
The ministry said that “a limited number of networks” of the Islamabad and Peshawar distribution companies had been restored. It is reported that work is underway to restore electricity.
220 million people were left without electricity – this is almost the entire population of Pakistan. How long the shutdown will last is unknown. According to the director of the health department of Balochistan, a Pakistani province in the west of the country, Imran Zarkun, due to the lack of generators in the medical centers of the city of Quetta, the provision of services is difficult.
On Jan. 3, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif instructed the authorities to reduce the energy consumption of all departments of the federal government by 30%, Greater Kashmir reported. He also ordered officials not to allow excess electricity consumption in offices, to close all markets by 20:30, and restaurants by 22:00. These measures are aimed at saving about 62 billion Pakistani rupees ($273.4 million) to help reduce energy import costs.
Source: Rosbalt
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