Zombie pipelines taunt Pakistan

Pakistan is the Asian ‘energy bridge’ that never got built. Now the country is about to implode under the pressure of unaffordable energy.

Pakistan is on the brink. The state is bankrupt and trying to negotiate another IMF bailout, its fourteenth in less than four decades. Political crises are driving a thick wedge into a polarised society. Militant separatists are active in several border regions, while corruption is widespread. Inflation is decimating the poorest, energy is unaffordable …