Making the electricity market work Published 14 Nov, 2026 05:08am Pakistan’s electricity reforms should deliver reliable power at competitive costs—and turn those gains into...
Transition to competitive electricity market Updated 26 Feb, 2026 06:14am Pakistan has entered a defining phase in the evolution of its power sector. With the successful achievement of...
EDITORIAL: Listening to Overseas Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry on fixing power sector Updated 07 Jan, 2026 01:17pm EDITORIAL: The Overseas Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has once again put forward a set of...
Cost of living crisis: Are Pakistanis eating less to pay for power bills? Updated 03 Jan, 2026 11:29pm Share of household spending on food has fallen from 43% to 37% in last 20 years
OPINION: A dysfunctional electricity market Updated 02 Jan, 2026 07:14am Despite claim of renaissance and mutual accolades by the professionals, bureaucrats and political leadership, the...
IMF urges Pakistan to cut power sector circular debt Updated 13 Dec, 2025 03:05pm Notes that restructuring of Rs 1.225 trillion in power sector debt has improved liquidity
‘Provincial concerns on electricity market liberalisation’ Published 06 Sep, 2025 06:26am This is apropos two back-to-back letters to the Editor titled ‘Provincial concerns on electricity market...
Provincial concerns on electricity market liberalisation Published 04 Sep, 2025 02:55am The proposed amendments to Strategic Directive-87 under the National Electricity Plan 2023-27 have triggered strong...
CTBCM: Electricity market that has never arrived Published 12 Aug, 2025 03:12am Delays, poor design, and lack of consultation with industries risk turning CTBCM into a missed opportunity for...
Competitive electricity market: Financial, technical readiness aspects discussed Published 24 Apr, 2025 04:11am KARACHI: Leading stakeholders from across Pakistan’s energy and policy landscape gathered at a high-level...
Agreement revisions with govt-owned IPPs in next phase: Leghari Updated 28 Jan, 2025 10:54pm Govt plans to auction surplus electricity, says energy minister
‘Independent electricity market’ Updated 18 Jan, 2025 06:34am The Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari is reported to have informed the National Assembly this week that the...
Electricity market stuck in limbo Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:34am Pakistan’s electricity sector reform has been a topic of discussion for over three decades, with the ambition to...
ISMO: A game-changer for Pakistan’s electricity market? Updated 16 Oct, 2024 08:31am In a significant step toward reforming Pakistan’s power sector, the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) recently...
Electricity (price) shock incoming Published 28 Mar, 2024 10:49am One of the key objectives of the IMF’s next Extended Fund Facility (EFF) to Pakistan will be “restoring the energy...
‘Consumers should have power to buy power from firms of their own choice’ Published 13 Dec, 2023 05:33am FAISALABAD: Electricity market may be developed in Pakistan enabling consumers to purchase this utility from the...
Challenge of circular debt can be overcome: speakers Updated 06 Oct, 2022 09:43am LAHORE: The accumulation of circular debt and its progression can be stopped through better models of institutional...
Electricity market: move cautiously along the dark rocky path Published 29 Sep, 2022 09:10am The exclusivity of the electricity distribution companies (or DISCOs) is ending. The Competitive Trading Bilateral...
Nepra holds consultative session on CTBCM regulatory framework Published 31 Aug, 2022 05:50am ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday held a consultative session titled...
Nepra, CPPA-G lock horns over draft Commercial Code Updated 09 Apr, 2022 10:40am ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) and Central Power Purchasing Agency-Guaranteed...
Circular debt continues to snowball Updated 05 Mar, 2022 11:44am EDITORIAL: Once again the circular debt (CD) returns to the headlines and the government is as blank as ever about...