A flood-affected girl collects bricks from the debris of her damaged house in the flood-hit area of Dera Allah Yar in Jaffarabad district of Balochistan province on January 9, 2023. The UN chief called on January 9 for “massive investments” to help Pakistan recover from last year's devastating floods and better resist climate change, as financial pledges poured in. (Photo by Fida Hussain/AFP Photo)





A groom poses for a photo during a mass wedding ceremony in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on January 8, 2023. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A vendor sells rice in Karachi, Pakistan, 09 January 2023. Inflation will rise to 40 percent if the coalition government accepts the IMF's conditions for completing the Ninth Review of the Extended Fund Facility worth 7 billion US dollar, PTI leader Hammad Azhar warned on 08 January. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE)





People line up to receive wheat flour at controlled prices, in Hyderabad, Pakistan, 10 January 2023. A reduction in the quantity of wheat released by government warehouses is being blamed as the main cause for the recent price hike applied by flour millers. According to the former chairman of the PFMA, Khaleeq Arshad, Pakistan has been importing wheat from Ukraine for the past few years. However, the war in Ukraine affected the supply line, causing the quantity of grains available in the market to be way shorter than its demand. (Photo by Nadeem Khawar/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Local residents queue to buy wheat flour at government-controlled prices in Islamabad on January 10, 2023. Pakistan's economy has crumbled alongside a simmering political crisis, with the rupee plummeting and inflation at decades-high levels, but devastating floods and a global energy crisis have piled on further pressure. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)





A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, January 16, 2023. Pakistan is launching its first anti-polio campaign of the year, targeting more than 44 million children under the age of five. It is one of two countries in the world where polio continues to threaten the health and well-being of children. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





An Afghan refugee cobbler woman, right, repairs a shoe in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, January 18, 2023. (Photo by Muhammad Sajjad/AP Photo)





Health workers visit homes during a polio vaccination campaign in Neelum valley, Pakistani administered Kashmir, Pakistan, 18 January 2023. Pakistan began its first anti-polio campaign of the year, targeting 44.2 million children under the age of five amid a surge in infections in 2022. The country reported 20 polio cases last year, compared to only one in 2021. Pakistan has witnessed frequent attacks on polio teams and security forces guarding them, with militants claiming that the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize children. (Photo by Amirudin Mughal/EPA/EFE)





Local residents fill up plastic bags with natural gas to be used for cooking food at home, in Karak district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, known for its rich resources of natural gas and oil, Karak, Pakistan, 18 January 2023. The government has not established any proper infrastructure for providing natural gas to local residents or surrounding areas in Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, so people are putting their lives at risk just to use natural gas as a means of cooking their food at home. People have been using a hose to extract gas from main supply lines instead of drilling. The gas was then transported from the field for home-use using plastic bags filled with helium balloons. Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information, Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif has said that a crackdown against those involved in gas storage in plastic shopping bags from gas pipelines in Karak is in progress. (Photo by Basit Gilani/EPA/EFE)





A woman carries firewood sitting on the back of a motorbike during the winter season in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, January 21,2023. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





Students attend a class at a government high secondary school during a nationwide power outage in Rawalpindi on January 23, 2023. A massive power breakdown in Pakistan on January 23 affected most of the country's more than 220 million people, including in the mega cities of Karachi and Lahore. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)





Shopkeepers and workers wait for electric power at a market following a power breakdown across the country, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, January 23, 2023. Much of Pakistan was left without power for several hours on Monday morning as an energy-saving measure by the government backfired. The outage spread panic and raised questions about the cash-strapped government’s handling of the crisis. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





People visit a market, where some shopkeeper are using generators for electricity during a national-wide power breakdown, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, January 23, 2023. (Photo by Anjum Naveed/AP Photo)





Vendors warm themselves as they light a bonfire at a market during a nationwide power outage, in Muzaffarabad on January 23, 2023. A massive power breakdown in Pakistan on January 23 affected most of the country's more than 220 million people, including in the mega cities of Karachi and Lahore. (Photo by Sajjad Qayyum/AFP Photo)





Shopkeepers sit at a market during a nationwide power outage, in Islamabad on January 23, 2023. A massive power breakdown in Pakistan on January 23 affected most of the country's more than 220 million people, including in the mega cities of Karachi and Lahore. (Photo by Farooq Naeem/AFP Photo)





People light a bonfire to warm themselves during a nationwide power outage, in Muzaffarabad on January 23, 2023. (Photo by Sajjad Qayyum/AFP Photo)





Motorcyclists and car drive on through a market where some shopkeepers use generators for electricity during a national-wide power breakdown, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, January 23, 2023. Much of Pakistan was left without power Monday as an energy-saving measure by the government backfired. The outage spread panic and raised questions about the cash-strapped government's handling of the country's economic crisis. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





Labourers keep themselves warm near a fire during a cold morning, as they wait for work at the wholesale grain market in Karachi, Pakistan on January 23, 2023. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





People walk across a bridge during a nationwide power outage, in Islamabad on January 23, 2023. (Photo by Farooq Naeem/AFP Photo)





A local market without electricity as the country is plunged into darkness following a major power breakdown, in Karachi, Pakistan, 23 January 2023. According to the Ministr of Energy Khurram Dastgir, the system of frequency of the national grid went down resulting in a widespread breakdown in the system. Pakistan is facing a severe economic crisis that led the government to recently approve a new energy conservation plan to reduce consumption. The plan includes measures such as the early closure of markets and malls as well as restrictions on the purchase of certain low-efficiency energy products. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE)