- The country, on the brink of default, has just received its first shipment of Russian crude. Hit by Western sanctions, Moscow has already redirected its black gold exports to China and India.
The first cargo of Russian oil purchased by Pakistan at reduced prices arrived in the city of Karachi on Sunday June 11, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced. Unloading was due to begin the following day, according to the Pakistani daily Dawn.