Bangladesh and Pakistan Hit by Fuel Shortages as Gulf Crisis Spreads

⚡ SOUTH ASIA — Two nuclear-armed or fragile states now rationing fuel from a war they can't exit. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Bangladesh and Pakistan are LNG-dependent with no domestic buffer. Hormuz mined and Yanbu struck means spot cargo is scarce and repriced above their sovereign capacity. For Pakistan — already IMF-constrained and in direct dialogue with Tehran — fuel rationing adds domestic pressure that pushes Rawalpindi's alignment calculus further from Washington's preferred lane.