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Pakistan received $38.5 billion in remittances in FY 2024-25. Including hawala, the actual flow may be $50-60 billion. The numbers, sources, and what they mean.
Asad Baig
The Dawood Story: HUBCO, Engro, and the Thar Coal Plants Pakistan's largest private power empire, the family that runs it, and the Rs. 23.2 billion bond settlement that paid them from future Pakistani sovereign debt By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 7-min read The largest private power e...
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Hybrid Solar Systems in Pakistan: The New Math After the 2026 Rules Why a battery now pays for itself in 18 to 36 months for most Pakistani households, when it did not under the old net metering rules By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 7-min read What a hybrid solar system is A pure grid-...
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Who Owns HUBCO? The Dawood Group's Power Empire Pakistan's first major IPP, who controls it today, and what it collects from the Pakistani consumer By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer HUBCO, Pakistan's first major independent power producer, is controlled by the...
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What Does Fuel Price Adjustment Mean on My Electricity Bill? The line item that varies most month to month, what it actually compensates for, and what to watch for By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer Fuel price adjustment (FPA) is a monthly correction to your el...
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762,499 Pakistanis registered to leave in 2025. 25,000 bodies came back. The receipt is celebrated. The cost is buried. An overseas Pakistani's case, with the full plan.
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An analytical case against universal nuclear proliferation, drawing on deterrence theory, the May 2025 India to Pakistan crisis, and Finland's 2026 NATO turn, and what a credible alternative security architecture would require.
Muskan Zahra
Why Does a Fugitive's Power Plant Still Get Paid by the Pakistani State? The Suleman Shehbaz, Chiniot Power Limited story explained, plus what it tells us about how the IPP system actually treats its insiders By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 7-min read The question worth asking out loud...
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The 2026 NEPRA Prosumer Regulations Explained, Line by Line What changed for Pakistani solar households in February 2026, what each rule actually means, and why the government chose this path By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 7-min read What this is, in one paragraph In February 2026, NE...
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The CPEC Power Contracts: Terms, Costs, and Why They Are Worse Than 1994 Twenty-one Chinese state-owned plants, 6,000 megawatts, returns of 27 to 34 percent in dollars, and contracts that cannot be renegotiated. The CPEC story explained. By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 9-min read Why C...
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Why Were the 1994 IPP Contracts Signed in US Dollars? The single decision in 1994 that has multiplied your electricity bill nine-fold purely from currency depreciation By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read The simple answer The 1994 Power Policy contracts were denominated in US do...
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What "Friendly Country" Buried the 2020 Power Sector Inquiry Report? The phone call that reversed Pakistan's biggest accountability moment in twenty-five years, and the country that almost certainly made it By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read The question worth answeri...
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