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International Security Director at the Asia-Pacific Foundation Dr. Sajjan Gohel explains how the Iran crisis is impacting Pakistan’s economy and energy situation.

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00:00Pakistan has been badly hit by this crisis. As you rightly mentioned, the electricity shortages,
00:07power cuts, the fact that they've had to reduce the working week. They've tried to stop vehicles
00:13from traveling in the major cities to try and reduce the burden that is theirs. Pakistan is
00:19going through a lot of economic challenges, and that was happening even prior to the Strait of
00:26Hormuz problem. Keep in mind that Pakistan is also needing yet again another IMF bailout. So this,
00:34on top of that, creates further hemorrhaging for Pakistan's already fragile economy.
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