More than 12 hours in majority of the regions impacted
Location
Across Pakistan
Cause
Localized Utility frequency drop that cascaded across the national grid
Property damage
Over PKR 100 billion in losses to the economy, including $70m losses in textile industry
Previous blackout
← 2021
The 2023 Pakistan blackout was a power outage that occurred across the entirety of Pakistan on 23 January 2023.[1] This was the second major grid breakdown in Pakistan in 2 years, and the second largest blackout in the history of the world.[2] 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. [3]
Power was restored to the capital city, Islamabad, and it's neighboring city, Rawalpindi, in about 8 hours. Lahore and Karachi received power after approximately 16 hours.[4]
^Hussain, Abid. "Pakistan hit by nationwide power outage after grid failure". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^Shahzad, Asif (24 January 2023). "Pakistan begins restoring power after second major grid breakdown in months". Reuters. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^Kamran, Ahmad Ahmadani, Asad Ullah (26 January 2023). "Exclusive: A blow-by-blow account of Monday's blackout". Profit by Pakistan Today. Retrieved 30 June 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Masood, Salman; ur-Rehman, Zia (23 January 2023). "Power Outage Sweeps Pakistan, Dropping Millions Into Darkness". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
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