Power outages have been reported in all major cities of Pakistan, including Islamabad, Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi and Karachi.

While no confirmed reports have yet poured in on the situation in other cities, the blackout is being deemed a national one with a fault allegedly occuring in the National Transmission & Despatch Company (NTDC) transmission lines.

The cause of the fault has not yet been ascertained, however, sources say it could be due to the foggy weather conditions prevailing in the country.

Earlier, the outage began with voltage fluctuations. The same being a countrywide problem emerged as soon as people took to social media.

Here’s what’s going on on Twitter:

Light ayee Hai Ke Aur jokes Maaren?

— sherry (@CherieDamour_) January 9, 2021

I was just blowing the candles on my birthday cake. #blackout or #electricity shutdown was not me. 🤷‍♂️

— Tahir Imran Mian ✈ (@TahirImran) January 9, 2021

Iss blackout ke saye taley hum aik hein.#NationwideBlackout

— Nadeem Farooq Paracha (@NadeemfParacha) January 9, 2021

Meanwhile, here’s an official update:

عمر ایوب وزیر برائے بجلی اور ان کی پوری ٹیم بجلی ٹرپ ہونے کے ایشو پر کام کر رہی ہے۔ میری ابھی ابھی ان سے بات ہوئی ہے انشاللہ جلد آپکو آپ ڈیٹ کرتے ہیں۔

— Dr. Shahbaz GiLL (@SHABAZGIL) January 9, 2021

Since the restoration could take a while, how about you tell us your plans for this Saturday night?

Let The Current know in the comments…