Pakistan, Oct. 17 -- Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb warned that attacks on energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and the broader Gulf region pose worrying long-term risks to Pakistan's economic outlook. Speaking in an interview during the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok, he noted that Pakistan has successfully navigated initial energy price shocks triggered by the regional conflict. The country avoided immediate domestic fuel shortages, gas station queues, or civil unrest. However, he emphasized that sustained physical damage to Gulf energy installations will significantly delay any global return to economic normalcy.

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