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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The 2002 and 2006 Repeats: How Each Government Made Pakistan's Electricity Crisis Worse After 1994 came 2002. After 2002 came 2006. Each government promised reform. Each delivered the same disease in different packaging. By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 8-min read Why these two years al...
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List of CPEC Coal Power Plants in Pakistan, with Owners and Capacity Every CPEC coal-fired power plant in Pakistan, what it produces, who owns it, and what it costs the Pakistani consumer By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read What this article is A reference list of the CPEC coal-...
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Net Metering vs Net Billing in Pakistan: What Changed in 2026 The single rule that flipped Pakistani solar economics, in 800 words. Plus what to do if you have an existing system, and what to size for if you are installing now. By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 6-min read The two rules i...
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Who Owns Nishat Power? Inside the Mansha Group The Mansha family's four power plants, what they collect, and the path from textile mills to first place on Pakistan's wealthiest list By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer Nishat Power, Lalpir Power, Pakgen Power, an...
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The Mansha Empire: From the MCB Bank Sale to Lalpir Power How a textile family ranked fifteenth richest in 1970 became Pakistan's wealthiest dynasty by 1993, and what their four power plants collect every year from the Pakistani consumer By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 8-min read The s...
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Who Is Muhammad Ali, the Man Behind the 2020 Power Sector Inquiry? A profile of the former SECP chairman who led the most thorough investigation of Pakistani IPP corruption ever assembled, and the report he submitted that nobody in power was willing to act on By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · App...
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The Oursun Solar Tariff Scandal: 132 Cents per Unit, Explained A solar plant approved at 33 times the international rate, while its owner served on Pakistani government energy advisory positions By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The number While the global price for solar elec...
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Nadeem Babar: The Architect Inside, and the Oursun Solar Tariff How a former Wall Street banker who founded Orient Power was appointed by Imran Khan to reform the very system he had built, and what the Oursun Solar tariff at 132 cents per unit reveals about the conflict of interest By Asad Baig · La...
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The Solar Crackdown: Why the Government Punished Six Million Households What the 2026 Prosumer Regulations actually tell us about who the Pakistani state is willing to protect, and who it is willing to sacrifice By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 7-min read What this article is I have wri...
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The Working Capital Scam: NEPRA's Quietest Subsidy to IPPs How a single accounting mismatch between monthly payments and quarterly tariff calculations costs Pakistani consumers billions every year By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 6-min read The smallest scandal that costs the most Of al...
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