Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif Apologises To Public For Power Outage

Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday apologised to the public for the inconvenience brought on by the nationwide power outage that left millions of people in the dark and vowed to find those responsible for the second significant failure in almost four months.

Due to a voltage fluctuation in the national grid, Pakistan had a significant power outage on Monday that disrupted daily life and left the nation’s capital Islamabad and financial centre Karachi without energy.

Taking to Twitter, Sharif wrote, “On behalf of my government, I would like to express my sincere regrets for the inconvenience our citizens suffered due to power outage yesterday.” “On my orders an inquiry is underway to determine reasons of the power failure. Responsibility will be fixed,” he tweeted.

On behalf of my government, I would like to express my sincere regrets for the inconvenience our citizens suffered due to power outage yesterday. On my orders an inquiry is underway to determine reasons of the power failure. Responsibility will be fixed.

— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) January 24, 2023

Pakistan’s power supply has largely been restored, but on Tuesday, there were still occasional outages in some areas of the nation.

A similar blackout occurred in 2021 due to a “technical fault” at a power plant in Sindh province in southern Pakistan. This blackout was brought on by a sudden reduction in the frequency of the power transmission system from 50 to 0 in less than a second. It produced a domino effect that ultimately brought down the entire electrical infrastructure. A day later, however, the power supply was restored.