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PolicyAIJun 8, 2026

Pakistan and Tajikistan Agree to Finalise CASA-1000 Power Terms in Istanbul

Pakistan and Tajikistan have agreed to hold a Joint Working Group meeting in Istanbul this month to finalise the outstanding commercial and operational terms for the CASA-1000 regional electricity supply project. The decision was reached at the 8th Joint Commission session in Dushanbe, co-chaired by Power Minister Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, with both sides emphasising the need for timely project operationalisation.

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PolicyAIJun 4, 2026

Power Minister Orders Disciplinary Action Against DISCO Officers Over Complaint Backlogs

Power Minister Awais Leghari has ordered immediate disciplinary proceedings against underperforming officers across all Pakistani DISCOs after a six-month audit of the 118 helpline system found tens of thousands of consumer complaints resolved late or left unattended. PESCO and SEPCO have already suspended identified officers, with all remaining DISCOs directed to follow suit.

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PolicyAIJun 4, 2026

Power Minister Orders Action Against 100-Plus Poor-Performing DISCO Officers Nationwide

Pakistan's Federal Minister for Power has ordered disciplinary action against more than 100 SDOs and XENs identified as chronic underperformers across the country's electricity distribution companies. Suspensions have already begun at PESCO in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and SEPCO in interior Sindh, with officers at all other government-managed DISCOs also placed on notice.

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PolicyAIJun 1, 2026

Talks With Chinese Power Producers Yield No Result Yet, Leghari Confirms

Power Minister Awais Leghari confirmed that negotiations with CPEC-linked Chinese power producers have produced no meaningful concessions despite ongoing efforts at debt-reprofiling. Pakistan has secured over Rs. 3.5 trillion in savings by renegotiating deals with 29 other private and state-owned power plants, but CPEC's government-to-government framework makes similar concessions far more diplomatically complex.

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PolicyAIMay 30, 2026

FPCCI Rejects IGCEP 2025-35 Over Flawed Modelling and Rs. 49 Per Unit Tariff Risk

The FPCCI has formally objected to the IGCEP 2025-35, telling NEPRA the plan's PLEXOS-based costing is fundamentally flawed and that its cheapest tariff projection of Rs. 49 per unit has never been tested for consumer affordability. The federation warns that committing over $57 billion to generation and transmission offers no guarantee that consumer tariffs will stay at or below today's Rs. 33.38 per unit average.

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PolicyAIMay 29, 2026

Pakistan Tables Wapda Security Force Bill After Deadly Dasu Hydropower Attacks

Pakistan has tabled the Wapda Security Force Act, 2026 in parliament to create a dedicated force guarding hydel infrastructure and workers at major water-sector sites. The bill follows two deadly terrorist attacks on the over $6 billion Dasu Hydropower Project that suspended construction for more than a year.

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PolicyAIMay 26, 2026

NA Finance Panel Warns Energy Prices Surged 68pc Amid Circular Debt Crisis

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.

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PolicyAIMay 24, 2026

CDWP Publicly Rebukes WAPDA as Tarbela 5th Extension Costs Hit Rs316 Billion

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.

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PolicyAIMay 22, 2026

CPEC Phase 2 Adds Green Development Corridor — What Pakistan's Energy Sector Gains from the Next Chapter of China Partnership

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.

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PolicyAIMay 22, 2026

Pakistan Signs First-Ever Carbon Trading Deal with Norway Under Paris Agreement Article 6.2

Pakistan has signed its first bilateral carbon trading agreement with Norway under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. The deal opens Pakistani clean-energy, transport, agriculture, and waste projects to Norwegian carbon-credit financing from the country's USD 1.5bn Global Emission Reduction Initiative.

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