Energy crisis as catalyst

IN September 2025, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared a climate emergency. Most ministries ignored it. The government lurched from one fiscal crisis to the next, eyes fixed on the IMF programme, ignoring the energy transition the country desperately needed. Then came March 2026. The US-Israeli war on Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, and the consequences for Pakistan were immediate and brutal. Prior to the announcement of the ceasefire, petrol had jumped by about 20 per cent in a week. LN...

By none@none.com (Ali Tauqeer Sheikh)