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Federal and provincial energy policy — Power Division decisions, IGCEPs, IMF conditions, and the regulatory frameworks shaping the next decade.
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Pakistan's Power Division has finalised Pak-IEM 2.0 — the country's first integrated energy planning model on the TIMES-VEDA framework, built with Germany's GTZ. Under the Net Zero pathway, renewables become the main contributor to power generation and emissions fall ~50% by 2050.
Pakistan has briefed cabinet on a plan to electrify 30% of the country's vehicle fleet within five years — a transition the Power Division values at USD 4.5 billion in annual petroleum-import savings, with 72 e-bike certificates and 123 charging-station applications already in the pipeline.
The EU's CBAM is now in its definitive phase, and Pakistan's textile sector — sending 26% of exports to the EU — has run out of room to delay decarbonisation. A working roadmap runs through NEPRA's net-metering caps, wheeling tariffs, solar PPA frameworks, and circular-debt unwind.
The convergence of AI, sustainability, and scalability — applied to Pakistan's power sector — points to a five-year roadmap built on AI-led distribution, renewable microgrids, and accelerated smart-grid rollout, with measurable consumer and circular-debt impact.
Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah has invited Chinese investors to back solar, industrial power-system, and renewable-energy projects across the province — pitching Karachi as a regional hub where industrial growth and decarbonised power must be financed together.
Pakistan's Public Accounts Committee has directed the Cabinet Division to submit a full inquiry report on Nespak's alleged multi-billion rupee irregularities, centred on the Rs 43 billion Neelum Jhelum Hydro Power Project. Auditors estimate Rs 42.9 billion in losses from the project, which has been unable to generate power since a second tunnel collapse in May 2024.
Pakistan has finalised a Technical Allowance for engineers in NEPRA, NTDC, the Discos, and other power-sector bodies — a workforce reform aimed at slowing the brain drain to Gulf employers.
Pakistan and Norway have signed an Article 6.2 carbon trading agreement worth up to USD 200 million — the first bilateral climate-finance deal targeting Pakistan's power sector decarbonisation.
PM Shehbaz has directed reallocation of the Rs. 1.5 trillion PSDP toward well-performing ministries — a category that increasingly favours transmission, grid modernisation, and renewable integration projects.
Pakistan's Privatisation Commission has invited bids for FESCO, GEPCO, and IESCO — three Discos serving 14 million consumers. It's the largest power-sector divestment Pakistan has attempted since the 1998 WAPDA unbundling.