Pakistan Cuts Gas for Some Industry Buyers as War Upends Supply

Pakistan’s largest gas distributor is set to cut supplies to some of its industrial customers, suggesting growing strain in one of the economies most dependent on energy exports from Qatar.

A widening conflict in the Middle East has caused the most extensive disruption to the global energy trade since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, blocking the Strait of Hormuz and shuttering giant energy facilities including Qatar’s Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas export plant.