National Power Grid Breakdown Plunges Pakistan Into Darkness: Officials

A general view of a residential area is seen during a power breakdown in Karachi, Pakistan, on Jan. 10, 2021. Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

ISLAMABAD—A breakdown in Pakistan’s national power grid plunged the country into darkness on Saturday night, officials said.

“A countrywide blackout has been caused by a sudden plunge in the frequency in the power transmission system,” Pakistan’s Power Minister Omar Ayub Khan said on Twitter.