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The cheapest megawatt Pakistan isn't producing

Pakistan Published 9 October 2026, 13:07 · archived 9 Oct 2026

Pakistan’s energy conversation has, for months, revolved around a single question: who should sell electricity to industry? NEPRA just approved uniform wheeling charges for bulk power consumers, clearing the way for the country’s first competitive 400-megawatt electricity auction. The DISCO privatisation debate rages on in opinion columns and ministry corridors. Everyone is focused, reasonably, on the supply side — on how to make power cheaper, how to route it more efficiently, how to stop the grid from bleeding circular debt. The issue is hiding in plain sight — in the air conditioners runnin...

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