Pakistan Power Crisis

At a time when India sees itself as a leading global power, it cannot afford to ignore the challenges emanating from Bangladesh, its most important partner in South Asia.

It resulted in the failure of many grid stations and left nearly 40 per cent of Karachi in the dark.

Pakistan's worst power outage in months became a source of humour for some in the country of 220 million, where an energy network desperately in

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said it is a matter of shame that a country, which is a nuclear power, has to beg amid its faltering economy, reported The News International.

Markets and restaurants across Pakistan will have to pull down their shutters by 8 pm while wedding halls will be limited till 10 pm, as the cash-strapped country on Tuesday unveiled a desperate plan to conserve energy.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appointed General Asim Munir as Pakistan's next army chief, a move that could further deepen the nation's political crisis and exacerbate former premier Imran Khan's high-stakes clash with the powerful military.

An argument over massive power outages among worshippers after the Friday prayers at a mosque escalated into a fatal shooting, killing two people and injuring 11 others in Pakistan's northwestern tribal districts bordering Afghanistan.

Amid the power outages in Pakistan, the telecom operators on Thursday warned to shut down their mobile and internet services.

In a bid to conserve energy, the cash-strapped Pakistan government has decided to ban wedding functions in Islamabad city after 10 pm, according to media reports on Wednesday.

Amid an acute power crisis plaguing Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed authorities to prepare an emergency plan to reduce electricity load-shedding in the country within the next 24 hours, according to media reports on Sunday.

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday took a veiled dig at the powerful army for allowing the Opposition's crucial no-confidence motion filed against him to become a success, saying he had warned the "neutrals".

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan has reiterated that during his time in power he would "never have agreed" to any US demands of being given military bases in the country

Pakistan will double its hydroelectric output in the next seven years to meet its perennial power shortage and address the soaring electricity prices, a media report said on Saturday.

An acute energy crisis in Pakistan has worsened prolonged power outages in the country, as small business owners struggle to continue work in the face of soaring temperatures, reported local media.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters on Sunday agitated outside former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's residence in London after Imran Khan was voted out of power by opposition parties.

At a time when India sees itself as a leading global power, it cannot afford to ignore the challenges emanating from Bangladesh, its most important partner in South Asia.

It resulted in the failure of many grid stations and left nearly 40 per cent of Karachi in the dark.

Pakistan's worst power outage in months became a source of humour for some in the country of 220 million, where an energy network desperately in

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said it is a matter of shame that a country, which is a nuclear power, has to beg amid its faltering economy, reported The News International.

Markets and restaurants across Pakistan will have to pull down their shutters by 8 pm while wedding halls will be limited till 10 pm, as the cash-strapped country on Tuesday unveiled a desperate plan to conserve energy.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appointed General Asim Munir as Pakistan's next army chief, a move that could further deepen the nation's political crisis and exacerbate former premier Imran Khan's high-stakes clash with the powerful military.

An argument over massive power outages among worshippers after the Friday prayers at a mosque escalated into a fatal shooting, killing two people and injuring 11 others in Pakistan's northwestern tribal districts bordering Afghanistan.

Amid the power outages in Pakistan, the telecom operators on Thursday warned to shut down their mobile and internet services.

In a bid to conserve energy, the cash-strapped Pakistan government has decided to ban wedding functions in Islamabad city after 10 pm, according to media reports on Wednesday.

Amid an acute power crisis plaguing Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed authorities to prepare an emergency plan to reduce electricity load-shedding in the country within the next 24 hours, according to media reports on Sunday.

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday took a veiled dig at the powerful army for allowing the Opposition's crucial no-confidence motion filed against him to become a success, saying he had warned the "neutrals".

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan has reiterated that during his time in power he would "never have agreed" to any US demands of being given military bases in the country

Pakistan will double its hydroelectric output in the next seven years to meet its perennial power shortage and address the soaring electricity prices, a media report said on Saturday.

An acute energy crisis in Pakistan has worsened prolonged power outages in the country, as small business owners struggle to continue work in the face of soaring temperatures, reported local media.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters on Sunday agitated outside former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's residence in London after Imran Khan was voted out of power by opposition parties.