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Power crisis in northern Pakistan, plagued by decades of government neglect, exacerbated by mountain tourism

  • Load shedding is typical across much of fuel-short Pakistan, but few areas consistently suffer the same prolonged outages as Skardu city
  • Surge in mountain tourism, driven by climbers and Pakistanis escaping heatwaves, is depleting limited energy supply at the gateway to K2
By AFP ·

Pakistan raises power prices amid energy crisis despite rampant inflation

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