KARACHI: After a major power breakdown that took place amounting to 8,000 megawatts, the Ministry of Energy said yesterday night that the electricity transmission system across Pakistan had been restored after a major power outage hit several parts of the country.

In a statement, the energy minister added that a disturbance that occurred in the 500KV line of Karachi had been cleared, and further power was being diverted from alternative power plants, which will help the power situation return to normal by today morning.

Earlier yesterday, large swathes of country, including provincial capitals Karachi and Lahore of electricity. Ministry of Energy attributed breakdown to an "Accidental fault" in transmission system,

Energy Minister Khurram Dastgir in a presser shared preliminary findings of circumstances that led to breakdown. "yesterday morning at 9:16am, our two 500kv lines in south Karachi there was a fault in both of them. I am not calling it an accident yet, because an inquiry has yet to be conducted. There was a fault in them and they fell, as a result country's southern region saw an electricity blackout.

"Our first priority was to isolate Karachi from it and we were successful in doing so and we isolated Karachi from it by 9:45. By isolate, I mean that 1,000MW that we provide to Karachi daily, was cut. But KE's system is independently operational and is supplying electricity to parts of city."

"Our biggest success is that we prevented a breakdown in north. We limited shutdown to south through timely reconnection, north was completely saved from shutdown.”

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 14 2022

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