IMF Should Help Pakistan Uphold Right to Electricity

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image People protest against the hikes in fuel prices and electricity billings, in Karachi, Pakistan, August 18, 2023. © 2023 Akhtar Soomro/Reuters Widespread protests in Pakistan against a recent hike in electricity prices have gone on for a week. In some cities, the protests have turned violent. The price hike approved by the government has come as Pakistan faces one of the worst economic crises in its history, jeopardizing millions of people’s rights to health, food, and an adequate standard of living. Successive Pakistani governments have failed to reform the country’s…

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