Kafala is the sponsorship-based labour system in the Gulf. 2.6 million Pakistanis live under it in Saudi Arabia alone. Why HRW calls it modern slavery.
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Pakistan loses 80 percent of its trained doctors within five years of graduation. The state subsidises the training; foreign hospitals collect the doctor.
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Pakistan repatriates around 25,000 bodies a year from the Gulf alone. Where the number comes from, what it means, and why most are recorded as "natural causes."
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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.
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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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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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