Mobile and internet services may be shut down in Pakistan

News Desk: Along with the economic crisis, the power crisis in Pakistan has reached a critical level. The crisis has escalated to the point where the country's telecom operators have warned of shutting down their mobile and internet services. Pakistani media outlet Geo News reported this in a report on Thursday (June 30th). The report said Pakistan's National Information Technology Board (NIBT) said on Twitter, "Pakistan's telecom operators have been warned to shut down mobile and internet services due to hours of power outages across the country." Because this power outage is creating various problems and obstacles in conducting their activities. ' Meanwhile, Geo News reported that on Monday, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif warned that the whole of Pakistan could face more load shedding in July. He said Pakistan was not getting the required amount of liquefied natural gas (LNG). However, the coalition government in Islamabad is trying to get it. According to the media, Pakistan's monthly fuel oil imports could reach a four-year high in June. The South Asian country is currently experiencing heat waves and due to this increasing demand, the Shahbaz government is practically struggling to buy LNG for power generation. Besides, the power crisis in Pakistan has been escalating since the agreement on natural gas supply for July was not agreed. The July tender was canceled mainly due to high prices and low participation. However, the Pakistani authorities have already taken various steps to address the load shedding and power crisis. It is to be noted that the economic condition of Pakistan, which is plagued by foreign debt, is in an unprecedented crisis. In a bid to recover from the current economic crisis, the country's current government has raised petrol, diesel and kerosene prices on several occasions. In addition, the Pakistani rupee has fallen one after another. Recently, breaking all past records, in the open market, the Pakistani rupee is matching 1 US dollar for 212 rupees. The country has never seen such a fall in the Pakistani rupee since independence in 1947. In mid-June, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan warned that Pakistan was on its way to the bankrupt South Asian nation of Sri Lanka. The value of the Pakistani rupee has been declining sharply since last May. On May 19, the rupee reached 200 against the dollar in Pakistan. Since then, the rupee has continued to fall. After gaining independence from Britain in 1947, Pakistan has never seen such a decline in its currency in its 65-year history.