The authorities have still not restored electricity across Pakistan after a power breakdown, which occurred in the early morning of Monday, despite the government's promise of restoring the power by 10pm.
The breakdown was caused by a fault in the national grid at about 7:30am, with Minister for Energy Khurram Dastagir claiming that the power would be restored tonight — after his statement of restoring it by 10pm.
A variation in frequency on the national grid caused the cut, as power generation units were turned on early in the morning. The units had been temporarily switched off at night to save fuel, Khan earlier told the media.
“When the systems were turned on at 7:30am this morning one by one, frequency variation was reported in the southern part of the country between Jamshoro and Dadu," the minister said.
"There was a fluctuation in voltage and power generating units were shut down one by one due to cascading impact. This is not a major crisis,” said the federal minister.
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"KE teams are active and directly supervising the restoration efforts across Karachi," the utility said, adding that its teams are also in contact with relevant authorities to reestablish the link between Karachi and the national grid.
Progress across the country and KE is proceeding at a cautious pace, prioritising the stability of the network frequency. Strategic installations such as the airport, Karachi Port, and hospitals are being restored first. Partial restoration of some areas has, according to the KE, been achieved.
KE said it expects that power supply to the majority of the residential and commercial areas to be restored over the next three to four hours.
However, it said, complete restoration to the city and particularly industrial consumers is dependent on the provision of reliable supply from the national grid, which may take a few more hours.
KE is making all efforts to ensure a stable supply to energise the economy at the earliest, it added.
Talking to Geo News, Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) Chief Executive Officer Dr Muhammad Amjad said that the power distribution company has restored power supply in 90% of areas.
Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) Chief Executive Officer Chaudhry Amin said that 86 grid stations had started providing power while works were underway to restore electricity in 1,390 feeders.
The company's chief executive said at least 70% of the utility's system had been restored and the rest of it was being restored phase-wise. "Shortly, the entire system will be functional."
Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) Chief Executive
Muhammad Jabbar Khan said 53 grid stations had been restored and added that the complete restoration would be done within two hours.
Timeline of power breakdowns
The country's generation and distribution network has suffered eight major power breakdowns during the last nine years.
In 2014 and 2017, nationwide blackouts were caused by a fault in Tarbela Power Station while fog, frequency variation and the Guddu Power Plant fault were blamed for breakdowns in 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Every time the party in power announced to conduct a comprehensive probe and vowed to rectify the issues but nothing has happened despite multiple inquiries.
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