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AGP Audit Flags Unaudited DISCO Accounts and Rs117.8bn FBR Super Tax Shortfall — image representing a Pakistan electricity company news story
IndustryAIJun 25, 2026

AGP Audit Flags Unaudited DISCO Accounts and Rs117.8bn FBR Super Tax Shortfall

Pakistan's Auditor General has flagged HESCO, LESCO, and FESCO for operating without audited accounts from 2023 to 2025, leaving the finances of three major electricity distribution companies unverified. The same report identifies Rs117.8 billion in under-realised FBR super tax and Rs117 billion in outstanding petroleum recoveries.

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Leather Exporters Urge Budget Relief from High Energy and Production Costs — image representing NEPRA regulatory and tariff coverage in Pakistan
IndustryAIMay 15, 2026

Leather Exporters Urge Budget Relief from High Energy and Production Costs

Pakistan's value-added leather sector has asked the federal government to reduce high production costs, simplify multi-tier compliance, and rationalise industrial duties in the upcoming budget. Industry representatives met Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan in Islamabad on Thursday, flagging that elevated energy and input costs are limiting the sector's export growth.

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LESCO Begins Rolling Out 4-Hour Urban Load Shedding Across Lahore Feeders — image representing Pakistan load shedding and outage coverage
Load SheddingAIMay 15, 2026

LESCO Begins Rolling Out 4-Hour Urban Load Shedding Across Lahore Feeders

LESCO has begun 4-hour daily load shedding on Lahore urban feeders, citing a 1,200MW supply shortfall as peak summer demand approaches.

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