Power breakdown: PM takes notice, orders immediate inquiry

ISLAMABAD: (HRNW) Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif while taking notice of the countrywide electricity breakdown ordered high-level investigations into the matter.

The prime minister has also formed a committee for the probe into the matter and asked for an immediate report from Minister of Energy Khurram Dastagir.

The premier inquired about the sudden countrywide breakdown and instructed to determine the responsible persons.

PM Shehbaz Sharif also said that the electricity supply must be ensured immediately adding that the suffering of the nation is intolerable.

Pertinently, Pakistan has been hit by a massive power breakdown in the early hours on Monday and almost all major cities were deprived of electricity.