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Pakistan's Electricity Crisis: The Complete Guide (1994 → 2026) How forty families, five prime ministers, and one quiet bureaucracy built the trap your bill is now paying for By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 22-min read The bill on the kitchen table It was a Tuesday in July 2024. My fri...
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The 40 Families Who Own Pakistan's IPPs: Names, Plants, Payments A sourced citizen explainer of the business families behind Pakistan's independent power producers, drawn entirely from public records By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 19-min read The sentence the newspapers buried in thei...
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The 1994 Power Policy: How One Year Locked Pakistan Into Thirty The decisions made in a single year that defined Pakistan's electricity sector for a generation By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 9-min read Why this one year matters Every dysfunctional system has a moment of origin. A spec...
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Pakistan Industrial vs Residential Electricity Tariff in 2026: What Each Pays and Why A side-by-side look at how Pakistani industries and Pakistani households are charged for the same electricity, and the cross-subsidies that move money between them By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min...
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The 2018 NAB List: 71 Politicians and Bureaucrats With Power Sector Links Five former prime ministers, multiple chief ministers, and almost zero convictions. What the NAB list tells us about Pakistani accountability. By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 4-min read What the list was In Octob...
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Why Are Electricity Bills So High in Pakistan in 2026? The four numbers that make up your bill, and the one that explains everything else By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read The four-component answer Of every 100 rupees you pay on your Pakistani electricity bill, the breakdown i...
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How to Calculate Solar Payback in Pakistan in 2026 A simple step-by-step calculation you can do with a calculator and your last 12 months of electricity bills By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read What you need to calculate solar payback Three numbers and a calculator. Total insta...
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Why Did Pakistan's Textile Industry Collapse While Bangladesh's Grew? The same cotton, the same workers, the same skill. The difference was the price of electricity. By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read The numbers that should haunt every Pakistani In the year 2000, Pakistan and...
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What Size Solar System Do I Need for My Pakistani Home in 2026? A simple framework for sizing your system based on your last twelve months of bills, plus what changes under the 2026 net billing rules By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read The simple framework The right solar system...
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Should I Install Solar in Pakistan After the 2026 Rules? The honest answer for most middle-class Pakistani households is yes, but with adjustments to system design, sizing, and battery decisions By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read The short answer For most middle-class Pakistani...
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Why Is Pakistan Paying for Unused Electricity? 15,000 megawatts of permanently unused capacity, paid for every day, costs Pakistan approximately Rs. 700 billion per year By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The fact that should be impossible Pakistan has built power generation ca...
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Solar With Battery vs Net Billing: Which Is Better in 2026? The economic case for adding battery storage to a new solar installation in Pakistan, after the rules changed in February 2026 By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read The choice If you are installing solar in Pakistan in 20...
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