A major power breakdown brings darkness in the country

Lahore: The country suffered a major power breakdown on Thursday, leaving the capital Islamabad and countless other areas in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Balochistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) without electricity for hours.

An official from the ministry of water and power told media that a fault in the 500kv transmission line at the Guddu power plant led to the shutting down of Mangla, Tarbela and Ghazi Barotha power stations, leaving a major part of the country without power.

The sudden power failure left the National Assembly building in the dark during an ongoing session while a number of other official buildings were also left without electricity.

This is the second major breakdown of the power system within the past week.

There was problem with power transformer in Guddu according to initial reports. This causes tripping in the system causing tripping of generation facilities at north.
– However due to the system protection the entire transmission turned into north and south islands. Southern Island survived helping restoring system .