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2023 Pakistan Blackout
The 2023 Pakistan blackout was a power outage that occurred across the entirety of Pakistan on 23 January 2023. This was the second major grid breakdown in Pakistan in 2 years, and the second largest blackout in history. In the majority of the regions, the blackout lasted about 12–13 hours while in some areas such as rural communities, it lasted even longer, ranging from 24 to 72 hour long outages. Power was restored to the capital city, Islamabad, and its neighboring city, Rawalpindi, in about 8 hours. Lahore and Karachi received power after approximately 16 hours. Cause The Energy Ministry issued a statement on Twitter that the system frequency of the national grid went down at 7:34 AM (02:34 GMT) on Monday morning. Officials stated that the outage began in southern Sindh Province after an unusual fluctuation in the voltage. The fluctuation led to a cascading failure at power plants across the country, until Pakistan was united in darkness. According to NEPRA's official r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country#Countries, second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is List of cities in Pakistan by population, its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor. Pakistan is the site of History of Pakistan, several ancient cultures, including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
