Pakistan Energy Crisis Due to LNG Shortages from Qatar

The ongoing energy crisis in Pakistan has been intensified by the war in the Middle East, which has disrupted LNG supplies from Qatar, leading to a critical shortage of fuel for power generation. The government has reported a need for 400 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of LNG, with current outages lasting between six to seven hours daily, particularly affecting central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regions. Minister of State for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik emphasized that securing these four LNG cargoes could significantly improve the electricity generation capacity and ease the pressure on the national grid.