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Pakistan's electrical and energy industry at large — manufacturers, contractors, traders, and the cross-cutting trends that connect them.
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Power surges from lightning, switching, and grid disturbances drive significant equipment damage across Pakistani industry — and many sites still lack proper coordinated surge protection schemes. The economics favour protection; the barriers are awareness and ownership.
Engr. Khalid Pervez, CEO of KPWS Consulting, outlines why rising tariffs, fuel prices, and export-market compliance pressure are driving Pakistani industry toward integrated engineering consultancy — and where the persistent in-house capacity gaps still sit.
Multiple production units at the Gadoon Amazai Industrial Estate in Swabi have shut down as industrialists cite chronic PESCO power outages, gas load shedding, and high transportation costs. The president of the Swabi Chamber of Commerce says his own steel mill has been idle for eighteen months and he may relocate operations abroad if conditions do not improve.
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.
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.
MOL Pakistan has struck 26.5 MMSCFD of gas at the Bilitang-1 ST-1 well in Kohat — a Tal Block joint-venture discovery testing approximately 5,065 BOEPD from the Lumshiwal Formation, displacing an estimated USD 240–290 million per year in LNG imports.
OGDCL's Baragzai X-01 well in Kohat has begun commercial production, delivering 4,300 BPD of oil, 17 MMSCFD of gas, and 15 tonnes of LPG per day — roughly 10% of Pakistan's total crude output and an estimated USD 329 million in annual foreign-exchange savings.
The 8th PLUGIN 2026 engineering competition at QUEST Nawabshah, hosted by the IEEEP QUEST Student Branch, showcased student work directly aligned with Pakistan's power-sector talent gaps — from distributed generation control to smart-meter prototypes.
Millat Tractors has signed an MoU with a Chinese e-bike manufacturer for local assembly and manufacturing — giving Pakistan's EV Policy 2025-30 its first credible heavy-industry anchor on the two-wheeler side.