Tag archive
4 stories · ← All coverage
Pakistan is on course to add 2,800 MW of new power generation capacity in FY 2025-26, and roughly 2,633 MW of that — more than 94 percent — is coming from rooftop solar net metering rather than conventional plants. Total installed capacity is expected to reach 44,626 MW.
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's electrical engineering firms — switchgear, transformers, cabling — collectively hold over Rs. 240 billion in active power-sector contracts, employing 95,000 directly across the industry.
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.