FINDING A FUEL WE CAN AFFORD

On the morning of March 13, 2026, Ahmed, a delivery rider in Lahore, pulled into a petrol station on Multan Road and watched the attendant reset the pump. The price had jumped again. Not by five or 10 rupees but by a significantly higher amount, which kept on changing, because of indecision. Dubai crude had doubled in 14 days, from US$71 a barrel to US$146, and the shockwave had reached Ahmed’s fuel tank before it reached the Pakistani Ministry of Finance’s spreadsheets. A couple of weeks lat...

By none@none.com (Ammar H Khan)