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Pakistan's Energy Dependency Was Not an Accident

Six decades of offshore failures, deferred exploration, and a circular debt that now sits at Rs 4.9 trillion, the story of how a country turns a manageable problem into a permanent condition.

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May 28, 2026
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On the morning of March 10, 2026, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appeared on national television to announce that Pakistan was in an energy emergency. The United States and Israel had struck Iran. The…

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