Pakistan's government has announced scheduled electricity outages of 2.25 hours per day during peak evening hours (5:00pm to 1:00am), citing fuel supply constraints caused by the suspension of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from Qatar. Qatar declared force majeure on its LNG deliveries to Pakistan after attacks on its gas field during the US-Israel conflict with Iran, disrupting supplies under two long-term contracts that could provide up to 1,000 million cubic feet of gas per day. Authorities say the controlled cuts — framed officially as a "Peak Relief Strategy" rather than loadshedding — are intended to prevent electricity tariffs from rising by as much as Rs5 to Rs6 per unit, with the measures expected to limit any increase to around Rs1.5 per unit.