As if Pakistan doesn't already have enough on its plate: Swat Valley, increasing bombings, and chronic electricity shortages... its oil refineries appear to be on the verge of shutting down.
Whether this report is a ploy to get government support or whether it's the bottom-line reality of companies with no cash, the results could be very serious.
Adding fuel (or in this case, an absence of fuel) to an already inflamed situation is the last thing any country need, least of all in that corner of the world.

Here is the Pakistani link (posted earlier today), though it's not easy to decipher exactly what the situation is:
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=26410