Turning solar boom into a shared resource Updated 27 Oct, 2026 10:48pm Imagine a small mud house in Sindh’s Tharparkar. Imagine now a mother switching on a single light after sunset,...
Attention must be sustained Published 22 Oct, 2026 05:52am Pakistan’s power sector is receiving renewed attention. Whether that attention marks a genuine turning point will...
Assessing regulatory effectiveness of Pakistan’s power sector Published 03 Oct, 2026 06:29pm Pakistan's power sector shows how sophisticated frameworks often fail to yield desired results
Rethinking monitoring and evaluation in Pakistan’s power sector Published 29 Sep, 2026 12:57pm Ministry evaluates if the policies governing DISCOs are achieving their intended objectives
Nepra’s UoSC decision hailed Published 08 Sep, 2026 06:01am ISLAMABAD: The Federal Minister for Energy (Power Division), Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, and the Ministry of...
PD to establish new SPV for privatisation of three Discos Updated 21 Aug, 2026 09:35am ISLAMABAD: As the privatisation process of three power distribution companies (Discos) moves forward, the government...
A story of Pakistan’s power sector Published 19 Aug, 2026 06:20am Sometime in the summer of 2023, a schoolteacher in Faisalabad opened her electricity bill and didn’t recognize the...
Credibility before privatisation Updated 19 Aug, 2026 07:11am EDITORIAL: The proposed privatisation of three power distribution companies (Discos) has reached the point where the...
Jul power generation cost surges 38pc YoY Updated 19 Aug, 2026 09:25am ISLAMABAD: The fuel cost of electricity generation increased by 38 percent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs10.8821 per unit...
The Maginot Grid Updated 18 Aug, 2026 05:32am In the years after the First World War, France resolved never to be caught unprepared again. It poured a decade of...
The price of cool air: why electricity costs so much in Pakistan Published 10 Aug, 2026 09:12pm Nothing beats the heat in the summer months, especially June and July. With record temperatures across Pakistan this...
Pakistan’s power privatisation has the sequence backwards Published 10 Aug, 2026 04:33am Pakistan’s Privatisation Commission has received expressions of interest from four foreign and eight local investors...
The power sector’s unfinished business Published 05 Aug, 2026 05:45am EDITORIAL: The latest debate surrounding Pakistan’s power sector offers a useful reminder that reform is seldom a...
Rs50m fine upheld: Nepra rejects HESCO’s review motion Updated 24 Jul, 2026 09:18am ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has rejected the review motion filed by...
Beyond NGC’s tariff determination Published 24 Jul, 2026 05:06am EDITORIAL: Power regulator Nepra’s determination of the National Grid Company’s (NGC) multi-year tariff for FY23...
Coal fills the gap Updated 22 Jul, 2026 07:40am FY26 ended with Pakistan’s power sector in a better place than many would have expected just a few months ago. The...
Discos launch new electricity bill format Updated 18 Jun, 2026 09:06am ISLAMABAD: Power Distribution Companies (Discos) across the country have introduced a redesigned electricity bill...
Power generation: RLNG returns, coal remains Updated 18 Jun, 2026 08:02am May brought some much-needed relief to Pakistan’s power sector. After two months of severe RLNG shortages, widening...
Leghari invites Spanish companies to invest in power sector Published 12 Jun, 2026 07:33am ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Energy (Power Division) Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Thursday invited Spanish...
Jul-Mar power consumption grows 3.8% Updated 12 Jun, 2026 07:51am ISLAMABAD: The country’s overall electricity consumption has posted a growth of 3.8 per cent during the first nine...
Pakistan’s power sector Published 12 Jun, 2026 06:08am Pakistan politically decentralized after the 18th Amendment, but the institutional framework governing electricity...
Foreign-funded PSDP projects: Govt fails to make rupee cover available Updated 07 Jun, 2026 04:39pm Power Division says that foreign-funded projects—where imported equipment accounts for 60–75% of total cost—are facing difficulties in securing rupee authorisation
The quiet repair of Pakistan’s power sector Published 05 Jun, 2026 05:48am For most of the past decade, the energy sector has been the wound that Pakistani policymakers reopened every summer....
Power generation stutters Updated 21 May, 2026 05:58am Pakistan’s national grid power generation continues to recover at a frustratingly slow pace. At 99 billion kilowatt...
Pakistan's power generation down 10% in April as hydel generation dips Published 20 May, 2026 12:15pm Power generation in Pakistan reached 9,498 GWh in April 2026, down 10% YoY from April 2025. Back in April 2025,...
April 2026: Govt to pass on Rs1.73/unit positive FCA Updated 19 May, 2026 06:44am ISLAMABAD: The government is set to pass on a positive Fuel Charges Adjustment (FCA) of Rs1.73 per unit for April...
Power tariffs: Industrial consumption revival brings respite Published 15 May, 2026 06:43am Pakistan’s power sector is set to record its largest ever negative quarterly adjustment in 3QFY26, driven by an...
Syed Taha assumes charge as CEO of K-Electric Published 17 Apr, 2026 06:16am KARACHI: Syed Muhammad Taha has officially taken charge as the Chief Exe-cutive Officer (CEO) of K-Electric from...
Regulator is dead, long live the regulator! Published 02 Mar, 2026 04:37am On 9th February 2026, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) approved the Prosumer Regulations...
Load factor matters Published 18 Nov, 2025 06:05am Pakistan’s tariff debate has again drifted into familiar territory, with industry arguing that the government’s...