Ten of millions without power in Pakistan as national grid fails

Power ministry reports second ‘major breakdown’ of grid in last three months

Tens of millions of people in Pakistan have been left without electricity as the power ministry reported a second “major breakdown” of the national grid in three months.

Factories, hospitals and schools across the country were without power for hours on Monday after a voltage fluctuation in the grid occurred between the cities of Jamshoro and Dadu in southern Sindh province, power minister Khurram Dastgir said.