Pakistan has struggled with scheduled and unscheduled power cuts for decades. Problem started becoming particularly chronic since 2005 due to rise in oil prices. Bill for oil import currently stands at $14 billion approximately. “Pakistan has been facing rising oil prices and declining gas reserves as well as tight foreign account situation, rendering the reliance …
Pakistan’s acute energy crisis has affected each segment of society. In summer season frequent power outages crippled the lives of people when the gap between demand and supply was constantly increasing and shortfall reached between 6000 to 8000 megawatts. In winter season, the situation has even become the worst due to shortage of gas. …
Post-Event report One day Conference Held on December 18, 2013 at IPRI Conference Hall General After over a decade-long US engagement, the future of Afghanistan seems uncertain. The US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2014, but there are many perplexing questions confronting the analysts. These include the final …
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Last November, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif performed the ground breaking ceremony of Pakistan’s largest nuclear power projects, Kanupp-II and Kanupp-III. China is providing the two reactors alongside a concessional loan of $6.5 billion for the construction of these $9.59 billion plants. When completed in November 2019, these would add 2,200MW to Pakistan’s electric power, at a …
IPRI is one of the oldest non-partisan think-tanks on all facets of National Security including international relations & lawfare, strategic studies, governance & public policy and economy security in Pakistan. Established in 1999, IPRI is affiliated with the National Security Division (NSD), Government of Pakistan. It exemplifies two decades of rigorous and timely analysis of crucial strategic agendas and inter-governmental processes that influence national and regional policy community.
