Pakistan is seeing rising energy costs due to shrinking fuel supplies and high demand.
As of early April, steep, government-announced fuel price hikes—driven by the Strait of Hormuz disruptions—have triggered panic buying and massive queues at petrol stations in multiple regions.
Al Jazeera’s Osama bin Javaid reports from Karachi.
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