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Power Minister Omar Ayub also shed light on the matter, adding that the “frequency in the power distribution system suddenly dropped from 50 to 0 which caused the blackout.”
“We are trying to ascertain what caused the drop in frequency,” he concluded.
“Pakistan’s local media have pointed to the widespread theft of electricity as illegal power connections proliferate. There have been allegations that some electricity company officials have colluded with consumers to set up connections linked straight to power transmission lines rather than going through a meter,”