Pakistan in darkness: Pakistan PM Shehbaz apologized for power cuts across the country

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif apologised to the nation for the inconvenience caused by the countrywide power outage on Tuesday. The second major breakdown in nearly four months that, plunged millions of people of the country into darkness.

It is not the first time that the country has faced such a crisis.

On Monday, Pakistan faced a major power breakdown due to a voltage fluctuation in the national grid, disrupting normal life and leaving major parts of the country, including capital Islamabad and financial hub Karachi, without electricity.

Last year in October, Pakistan witnessed a 12-hour power outage due to technical glitches in the electricity distribution system.

Taking to Twitter, Pak PM wrote: "On behalf of my government, I would like to express my sincere regrets for the inconvenience our citizens suffered due to power outage yesterday."

"On my orders an inquiry is underway to determine reasons of the power failure. Responsibility will be fixed," he tweeted.

Pakistan is grappling with one of the country's worst economic crises in recent years amid dwindling foreign exchange reserves. Due to financial crisis, earlier this month the government ordered shopping malls and markets to force closed by 8:30 pm for energy conservation purposes.