ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is experiencing its worst electricity shortages in years, leading to hours-long power cuts nationwide that have crippled businesses, fuelled violence and left residents roasting as fans and air conditioners stop working.

The outages, prompted largely by soaring demand and an aging, inadequate energy infrastructure, come on top of a sinking economy and they are threatening to increase public frustration with a young government already mired in political disputes.

The government has ordered the country to observe new daylight savings time beginning yesterday, shifting clocks forward an hour. ... Read full article