Protests in Pakistan against high electricity and oil prices

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Protests in Pakistan against high electricity and oil prices

There have been protests in Pakistan against massive hikes in the price of electricity and oil. The country is in the middle of both a cost of living crisis and an economic crunch, part of conditions to secure a bailout package from the International Monetary Fund. Kamran Yousaf reports from Islamabad.

September 2, 2023