{"id":1821007,"date":"2023-01-23T18:34:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T23:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1821007"},"modified":"2023-01-23T18:35:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T23:35:17","slug":"report-tens-of-millions-experience-major-blackout-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-tens-of-millions-experience-major-blackout-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Tens Of Millions Experience Major Blackout In Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-tens-of-millions-experience-major-blackout-in-pakistan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1821007&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/pakistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pakistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/world\/asia\/100000008738334\/pakistan-power-outage-blackout.html?playlistId=video\/world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">experienced<\/a> a largescale <a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/pakistan-power-grid-hit-nationwide-043945570.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">power<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2023\/01\/23\/Pakistan-power-outage\/5561674479393\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outage<\/a> On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/lights-out-in-pakistan-as-energy-saving-move-backfires\/2023\/01\/23\/0b76a044-9af6-11ed-93e0-38551e88239c_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monday<\/a> morning, bringing to light problems with the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electrical<\/a> grid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-01-23\/pakistan-faces-major-nationwide-power-breakdown-ministry-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Millions<\/a> This is <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6249261\/pakistan-power-outage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">people<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/asia\/south-asia\/pakistan-power-outage-today-blackout-latest-b2267156.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">across<\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/kelo.com\/2023\/01\/23\/factbox-why-were-millions-of-pakistanis-without-electricity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">country<\/a> were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pakistan-power-outage-today-blackout-energy-crisis-economic-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">without<\/a> Power when it is a major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/01\/22\/asia\/pakistan-power-outage-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blackout<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/23\/world\/asia\/pakistan-power-outage-blackouts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">started<\/a> at 7:34 am local time.\u00a0According to The New York Times, authorities said that power had been restored in Islamabad and Rawalpindi after eight hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reporting from Pakistani <a href=\"https:\/\/dbpedia.org\/page\/Dawn_Media_Group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outlet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1733207\/hours-after-major-outage-hits-pakistan-govt-says-power-restoration-under-way\">Dawn<\/a>Most of the 220 million residents of the country were affected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">According to local authorities the power surge caused the blackout in Sindh Province. Khurram Khan, the energy minister, stated that the voltage problem caused a domino effect, with electricity plants in Pakistan not functioning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dastgir was also reported to have reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-64369144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> The situation was \u201cnot a major crisis,\u201d However, many homes and businesses were without power for 12 hours after the outage began.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Geo TV was informed by him that some of the power was turned off at night during winter season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-64369144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIn winter, the demand for electricity reduces nationwide, hence, as an economic measure, we temporarily close down our power generation systems at night,\u201d He stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">However, once the systems were turned back on, however, \u201cfrequency variation and voltage fluctuation\u201d These were seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/international\/pakistan-s-national-grid-fails-for-the-second-time-in-three-months-123012301409_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">southern<\/a> Part of the country \u201csomewhere between Dadu and Jamshoro\u201d And then \u201cpower generating units shut down one by one,\u201d He stated.<\/p>\n<p>Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/pm-shehbaz-sharif-takes-notice-of-countrywide-power-break-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">established<\/a> To investigate the massive blackout, a high-ranking team will be convened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Experts have confirmed that electricity has been restored to some areas even though they were initially turned off in certain areas. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/pakistan-suffers-major-power-outage-after-grid-failure-2023-01-23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Electric problems arise from the fact the electric grid has become older. The government, however, reportedly claims that it doesn\u2019t have the money to improve it.<\/p>\n<p>Imran Khan will be the Prime Minister in 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-pakistan-energy-climate-change-featur\/pakistan-faces-an-unexpected-dilemma-too-much-electricity-idUSKBN2AO27C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that 60% of the country\u2019s electricity would be made from renewable energy by 2030.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Over the last several years, the electrical grid has been a problem in the country. A 2018 blog reports that the country&#8217;s electrical grid has been a source of problems. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.worldbank.org\/endpovertyinsouthasia\/what-s-keeping-pakistan-dark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> For the World Bank concerning the <a href=\"https:\/\/openknowledge.worldbank.org\/bitstream\/handle\/10986\/30923\/9781464811548.pdf?sequence=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>, \u201cIn the Dark,\u201d almost 50 million people in Pakistan weren\u2019t able to utilize the electric grid. Pakistan also came in 115th place in a 2018 report on 137 economies\u2019 power reliability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Reuters will become a worldwide news organization in 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-pakistan-energy-climate-change-featur\/pakistan-faces-an-unexpected-dilemma-too-much-electricity-idUSKBN2AO27C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> There is a new issue in the country: it could generate more electricity than before, due to the increase in coal plants purchased by China.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe have been adding capacity, but we have been doing so without improving transmission infrastructure,\u201d Fahad Rauf is the leader of research at Karachi&#8217;s brokerage Ismail Iqbal Industries. He said that more recently, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/pakistan-suffers-major-power-outage-after-grid-failure-2023-01-23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan experienced a largescale power outage on Monday morning, bringing to light problems with the country\u2019s electrical grid. Millions of people across the country were without power when a major blackout started at 7:34 in the morning local time.\u00a0Authorities said that the power was back on in areas of Islamabad, as well as the nearby &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":1821010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[8722,16183,15131,3752,4961,16182,3819],"class_list":["post-1821007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-tens","tag-blackout","tag-experience","tag-major","tag-millions","tag-pakistan","tag-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1821007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1821010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1821007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1821007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1821007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}