Nationwide Blackout Plunges Pakistan Into Darkness
The outage knocked out electricity for millions across the country, where power failures have become increasingly common in recent years.
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Pakistan power outage: Officials deny crisis as grid suffers breakdown
The power outage affecting much of the country spread panic and raised questions about the cash-strapped government’s handling of the nation’s economic crisis.
Tens of millions without power in Pakistan as national grid fails
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…
Pakistan Hit By Nationwide Power Outage
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 …
Pakistan’s economic crisis
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…
Top lawyer shot dead by colleague at Pakistan high court, say police
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…
Why CPEC Went Wrong for Both Pakistan and China
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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Updates to Pakistan’s Drone Fleet
This is a guest post explaining the current status of Pakistan’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) inventory.
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Pakistan: Five major issues to watch in 2023
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.…
Why Pakistan Is Facing a Growing Food Crisis
The impact of Pakistan’s burgeoning food shortage and a looming economic crisis are already being felt by the country’s poorest.