Sindh Energy Minister, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, said on Wednesday that load shedding in Karachi would be lowered by K-Electric in the next few days, according to ARY News.
A grid failure that lead to a massive countrywide power outage in Pakistan has caused the country's textile sector a whopping financial loss of USD 70 million, ARY News reported on Tuesday.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an inquiry into the power outage in Pakistan that took place at around 7:34 am on Monday and left many cities including Karachi, Lahore, Quetta and Islamabad without electricity, Geo TV reported.
Pakistan's Ministry of Energy in a statement said that the frequency of the national grid went down at 7:34 am which caused a "widespread breakdown" in the power system. It further said that the restoration of grid stations has been started from Warsak.
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Amid the power outages in Pakistan, the telecom operators on Thursday warned to shut down their mobile and internet services.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 6 (ANI): Amid an ongoing power crunch in Pakistan, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has imposed a fine of Rs 50 million on the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) for an electricity shortfall in the country in the previous year
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 13 (ANI): The massive power outage in Pakistan that plunged the country into darkness on Saturday was triggered by human error that caused a faulty circuit breaker, according to the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC).