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Pakistan electricity
![Pakistan’s Fatal Electricity Bills Pakistan’s Fatal Electricity Bills](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-09-26-191742.jpg)
Pakistan’s Fatal Electricity Bills
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Inflation and taxes have sent Pakistani electric bills soaring, leading to protests, shuttered businesses, and a wave of suicides.
![Pakistan’s Energy Crossroads: Coal Dependency, the Climate Crisis, and a Quest for Sustainability Pakistan’s Energy Crossroads: Coal Dependency, the Climate Crisis, and a Quest for Sustainability](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-09-26-142328.jpg)
Pakistan’s Energy Crossroads: Coal Dependency, the Climate Crisis, and a Quest for Sustainability
By Abdul Waheed Bhutto
Pakistan thinks coal is the answer to its energy security woes – but the climate impact risks undermining national security in other ways.
![Pakistan Hikes Natural Gas Taxes in Bid to Restart IMF Bailout Pakistan Hikes Natural Gas Taxes in Bid to Restart IMF Bailout](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-10-24-153848.jpg)
Pakistan Hikes Natural Gas Taxes in Bid to Restart IMF Bailout
By Muir Ahmed and Riaz Khan
The government's bid to revive a $6 billion bailout led it to hike taxes on natural gas for domestic and industrial consumers from 16 percent to 112 percent.
![Lights Out in Pakistan as Energy-saving Move Backfires Lights Out in Pakistan as Energy-saving Move Backfires](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-23-120503.jpg)
Lights Out in Pakistan as Energy-saving Move Backfires
By Munir Ahmed
Schools, hospitals, shops and homes were without electricity on Monday amid harsh winter weather.
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