Economic crisis: Pakistan jacks up petrol, diesel prices past PKR 300-mark for first time in its history – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Energy prices in Pakistan have been increased to an all-time high even as protests continue to grow over skyrocketing inflation and high electricity bills, with people burning utility bills, blocking highways and attacking offices of power companies. On August 31, caretaker prime minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar’s government refused to slash energy prices without…