An “accidental fault” in the national grid’s southern power transmission system has left southern parts of the country without electricity after several power plants tripped.
The electricity breakdown left most parts of Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan without electricity.
In a tweet, the Ministry of Energy said: “Due to an accidental fault in the country’s southern transmission system, several southern power plants are tripping, which is disrupting the transmission of electricity in the southern part of the country”.
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The Ministry of Energy said that it was inspecting the cause of the fault and power would be fully restored at the earliest.
A spokesperson for K-Electric also confirmed that multiple areas of Karachi have been left without electricity after the fault in the national grid.
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“There are reports of multiple outages from different parts of the city. We are investigating the issue and will keep this space posted,” said the K-Electric spokesperson in a tweet.
