Countries across Asia, including Pakistan, are weighing work-from-home policies and stimulus measures enforced during the Covid-19 pandemic, as they scramble to respond to global fuel shortages triggered by the Iran war.
Asia is at the frontline of the fuel crisis, buying more than 80% of the crude that transits the Strait of Hormuz, which has been almost totally blocked by Iran since the war broke out on February 28.
No country in the region has implemented full work-from-home measures yet, but some have said they are on the table.
Pakistan closed schools for two weeks and said office workers would work more from home. The island nation of Sri Lanka declared a public holiday every Wednesday to help make its fuel supplies go further.
