Pakistan suffers major power outage after grid failure

 

Islamabad : Pakistan faced a nationwide power breakdown on Monday due to a “frequency variation” in the national grid, leaving millions of people without electricity, the second such outage in nearly four months.

According to the Ministry of Energy, the system of frequency of the national grid went down at 7:34 am local time, resulting in the breakdown.

“System maintenance work is progressing rapidly,” it tweeted.