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Energy minister says outage was caused by voltage surge in south of gridPakistan’s national grid suffered a major breakdown, leaving millions of people without electricity for the second time in three months and highlighting the infrastructural weaknes…
Reuters: Pakistan scrambles to restore power after second major grid breakdown in months ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s national grid suffered a major breakdown on Monday, the power ministry said, leaving millions of people without electricity for …
The 2022 year saw political turmoil, an economic crisis, and catastrophic flooding in Pakistan. On the economic front, the country has been dealing with backbreaking inflation, a depreciating currency, and precariously low foreign reserves. As Pakistan looks to address these challenges in a turbulent moment, important questions arise as to the long-term roots of these…
Abdul Latif Afridi was killed by a junior lawyer in Peshawar in what is believed to be a grudge attackA top lawyer has been murdered at a Pakistan high court by a colleague who shot him six times while dressed in full judicial robes, according to polic…
Signed in 2015, many among the Pakistani intelligentsia had perceived that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was a watershed moment for their country. The prevailing thought was that CPEC would herald an enormous and positive economic shift for Pakistan. It was even pegged at one point as China’s own “Marshall Plan” for Pakistan and, via […]
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This is a guest post explaining the current status of Pakistan’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) inventory.
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1. Political instability, polarization, and an election year Politics will likely consume much of Pakistan’s time and attention in 2023, as it did in 2022. The country’s turn to political instability last spring did not culminate with a dramatic no-confidence vote in parliament last April that ousted then Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan from office.…
The impact of Pakistan’s burgeoning food shortage and a looming economic crisis are already being felt by the country’s poorest.
International funders join Pakistan PM and UN secretary general in Geneva to agree recovery plan following ‘monsoon on steroids’The international community has promised $10.5bn (£8.77bn) to help Pakistan rebuild after last summer’s catastrophic floods,…
About 250,000 Afghan asylum seekers have arrived in Pakistan since August 2021, but a migrant crackdown has left many of them in fear of being jailed or deportedMore than 600 Afghans have been deported from Pakistan in the past three days, and hundreds…