Ahead of the launch on Wednesday, PTI interviewed locals in Islamabad, among whom one expressed a great deal of confidence in India's space exploration capabilities, saying "Not just on the Moon, India's spacecraft can land on the Mars also."
Pakistan this year saw nationwide power outages in January, while Dawn reported that in 2022, the nation saw a five per cent decrease in natural gas production. In March, it was reported that Pakistan was hit by massive water shortages six months after floods submerged land across Sindh and southern Punjab.
Published 24 August 2023, 04:25 IST