Pakistan reportedly paid around ๐จ๐ฆ$๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป to ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ (๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐) over an 11-month period, an amount comparable to the ๐๐ ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด Pakistan secured over roughly three years. The comparison highlights the significant pressure that power-sector payments place on the national economy, with ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ and ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐-๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ remaining major policy concerns. The scale of these payments has renewed questions over the sustainability of the current power-generation model, while the government continues to face pressure to ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ and address long-standing structural problems in the energy sector.
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