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The Sindh government has confirmed plans to shift the Red Line BRT project to electric buses powered by a dedicated biogas plant, in what would be Pakistan's first closed-loop transport electrification deployment in a tier-1 city.
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.
NHA contractors protested in Karachi over Rs. 4.2 billion in unpaid invoices — a standoff structurally identical to the payment-chain failure that drove Pakistan's power-sector circular debt past Rs. 2.5 trillion.
The federal government and Karachi consumer groups formally opposed K-Electric's Rs 60 billion backdated End-of-Term adjustment claims at a NEPRA public hearing on Tuesday. NEPRA acknowledged the legal basis for the adjustments under the 2017–23 MYT framework but did not issue a final determination.
K-Electric has filed an MYT petition asking NEPRA for an average Rs. 5.62/unit hike, citing distribution losses and rising capex costs.