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NEPRA approves Rs. 4.23/kWh quarterly fuel cost adjustment — 26 million consumers affected nationwide
WAPDA reports that Tarbela Dam has generated 586 billion units of electricity and delivered $460 billion in economic benefits to Pakistan in the 50 years since 1974. The dam's fifth extension, backed by $690 million from the World Bank and AIIB, is under active construction and will raise total installed capacity from 4,888MW to 6,418MW.
Pakistan's electricity, fuel, and LPG prices rose between 43 and 68 percent this fiscal year, a UNDP economist warned the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue on Monday. The panel also criticised the government for missing its own budget-law deadlines and making little progress on reducing the energy sector's ballooning circular debt.
Pakistan's Central Development Working Party publicly rebuked WAPDA on Thursday over massive cost overruns and transparency failures on the Diamer-Bhasha Dam and Tarbela 5th Extension projects. The Tarbela 5th Extension alone has ballooned from an original Rs82 billion estimate to Rs316.4 billion and has been referred to ECNEC for urgent review.
Pakistan's Central Organization of Traders demanded electricity tariff cuts, abolition of the super tax, and a simplified one-page Urdu tax return form ahead of the upcoming federal budget. The demands were presented at a joint press conference in Islamabad by trader leaders from all four provinces, with high energy costs cited as a primary driver of business distress.
CPEC Phase 2 formally launches in 2026 with a new Green Development Corridor alongside Growth, Innovation, Livelihood, and Regional Openness corridors — plus a proposed Knowledge Corridor. Phase 1 delivered 38 Early Harvest Projects worth USD 25bn+; Phase 2 reorients toward renewables, storage, and grid modernisation.
A new technical study by Engr. Tayyeb Altaf (HVACR Instructor, GCT Rawalpindi) uses TRNSYS simulation to validate a solar-powered absorption cooling system with R-32 refrigerant for Pakistani single-family homes — 100°C collector outlet, 2000 kJ/hr energy addition, 24°C room temperature achieved.
Pakistan's industrial sector posted 4.8% growth in FY2024-25, with Electricity, Gas, and Water Supply leading at +28.9% — rebounding from a 19.9% contraction the prior year. Construction grew 6.6%. For investors reading where Pakistani energy infrastructure is headed, that's the most informative data point in the year.
Engr. Umar Farooq, CEO of Pioneer Engineering Company, talks Engineering Post through the firm's 15-year Cnergyico relationship, its portfolio across Lucky Cement, Engro, National Refinery, and Fauji Foundation, and the quality-and-safety operating discipline behind durable Pakistani industrial-services firms.
Engr. Iqrarul Haq, CEO of Elektrotechnik, reflects on 40+ years as one of Pakistan's longest-serving Schneider Electric distributors — NED University gold medallist, AEG Germany experience, founding Elektrotechnik in 1982, and his outlook on Pakistan's electrical industry.
Lister Petter — the British diesel-engine maker with 150+ years of heritage from R.A. Lister (1867) and Petters Limited (1896) — has formalised its Pakistan market presence through a strategic partnership with Power Vision, with Global Sales Director Jawad Azar and GM Leslie Wu outlining the growth strategy.
Engr. Iqrarul Haq, CEO of Elektrotechnik, reflects on 40+ years as one of Pakistan's longest-serving Schneider Electric distributors — NED University gold medallist, AEG Germany experience, founding Elektrotechnik in 1982, and his outlook on Pakistan's electrical industry.
Lister Petter — the British diesel-engine maker with 150+ years of heritage from R.A. Lister (1867) and Petters Limited (1896) — has formalised its Pakistan market presence through a strategic partnership with Power Vision, with Global Sales Director Jawad Azar and GM Leslie Wu outlining the growth strategy.
Sigma Elektrik CEO Özgür Ünlü tells Engineering Post the Turkish LV electrical manufacturer is expanding fast in Pakistan through its Jawad Electric partnership — backed by Turkish R&D investment, automated MCB/RCCB/MCCB production lines added through 2027, and approvals-driven specification growth.
Baudouin France and S M Jaffer & Co Pakistan have signed an exclusive dealership covering the full 20–6250 kVA G3-class genset range — bringing French engineering into Pakistan's data-centre, hybrid-solar, and industrial backup-power markets with 32,000-hour overhaul intervals.