Electricity supply restored incrementally in Pak after nationwide outage

Electricity supply was restored incrementally in Pakistan on Tuesday after a nationwide power breakdown left millions of people without electricity amidst fears of default and looming economic meltdown due to a balance of payment crisis in the country.

The massive power blackout on Monday was the second such outage in nearly four months.

Today, at 5:15 am, the system was completely restored across the country, Energy Minister Khurram Dastgir said.

However, major cities, including Karachi, Quetta and Lahore, remained deprived of power, the Dawn newspaper said.

Dastgir said that approximately 6,600 megawatts of coal and 3,500MW of nuclear plants would take an estimated 48 to 72 hours to restart.

Until these plants start running, there will be limited load management, excluding industrial users, he was quoted as saying by the paper.

The minister added that there was no fuel shortage in the country.

We are considerate of the electricity bills people have to pay and try not to ...