Analysis

The 2025 NEPRA Salary Scandal Explained How Pakistan's electricity regulator tripled its own pay in February 2025, above Supreme Court judges, while household bills hit historic highs By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 4-min read What happened In February 2025, the chairperson and members...

Asad Baig

Apr 306 min

How to File a Complaint Against NEPRA The procedural steps available to Pakistani citizens who want to challenge a NEPRA tariff decision, billing dispute, or regulatory failure By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 4-min read What kinds of complaints NEPRA accepts NEPRA, the National Electri...

Asad Baig

Apr 306 min

Is Solar Still Worth It in Pakistan in 2026? The honest financial answer in five minutes, including the math, the risks, and the political context By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read The short answer For most middle-class Pakistani households, yes. Worse than 2024, but still wor...

Asad Baig

Apr 306 min

The Manchester That Closed Down: Faisalabad's Textile Collapse A city that built three generations of textile workers, watching its factories sit silent because of decisions made in 1994 by people who never visited By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read What Faisalabad used to be F...

Asad Baig

Apr 307 min

Who Is Mian Muhammad Mansha? Pakistan's Wealthiest Man Profiled A short profile of the textile-family-turned-banking-cement-power magnate, drawn from public records By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The basic facts Mian Muhammad Mansha was born in Lahore in 1947. He is consist...

Asad Baig

Apr 306 min

Pakistan vs Bangladesh Electricity Tariff: A 2026 Side-by-Side Why Pakistani industries pay double what Bangladeshi industries pay, and what the gap has done to Pakistani textile exports By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read The numbers in one table CountryIndustrial tariff per un...

Asad Baig

Apr 306 min

What Are IPPs in Pakistan? A Plain-English Explainer The acronym you keep seeing in Pakistani electricity coverage, what it actually means, and why approximately 100 of these entities define your monthly bill By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The four-letter answer IPP stands...

Asad Baig

Apr 306 min

How to Read Your Pakistani Electricity Bill, Line by Line Every component of your monthly bill explained, so you can calculate exactly what you are paying for and to whom By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read What this article does This article walks through the standard line item...

Asad Baig

Apr 307 min

What Is Capacity Payment in Pakistan? A Beginner's Guide The single concept that explains why your electricity bill is so high, in five minutes, with no jargon By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read The two-sentence answer A capacity payment is money that the Pakistani government p...

Asad Baig

Apr 306 min

The IPP System Did Not Save Pakistan. It Destroyed It. My position on Pakistan's electricity crisis after looking at the evidence By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 18-min read Why I am writing this My name is Asad Baig. I am not an economist. I am not a journalist. I am not a politician,...

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Apr 2927 min