Islamabad: Federal Minister for power Khurram Dastagir has said that electricity will be restored across the country within 12 hours.

The Minister said that power has been restored in many areas of Islamabad and Peshawar. Khurram Dastagir said that live overseeing of system restoration is continued from the central control room.

He said that the electricity of Lahore will be restored in the next phase.

A fault in high-tension transmission lines between Quetta and Guddu caused a major electricity breakdown in various parts of the country on Monday.

Power outage hit 22 districts of Balochistan, including Quetta, Islamabad, Lahore, cities in Multan region, Karachi and others around at 7:35 am.

In Lahore, consumers in areas of the Mall Road, Kanal Roald and other areas are facing the disruption in power supply. Officials said they are investigation the matter with some other saying it would take four to five hours to restore the supply.