3+ hour, 59+ min ago  (445+ words) Pakistan's power sector is living through a paradox. On the one hand, rooftop solar has become the most organic energy reform the country has ever witnessed, financed by households, powered by falling global module prices, and accelerated by affordability concerns....

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (667+ words) KARACHI: A recent ruling by the Customs Classification Committee classifying range-extended electric vehicles (REEVs) as battery electric vehicles (BEVs) has triggered concerns among local auto assemblers, who argue that the decision overlooks key market realities and will lead to distortion....

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (165+ words) CRITICAL minerals, especially lithium, copper, cobalt, nickel and rare earths, are the oil of the 21st century. The demand for minerals has been exploding due to their consumption in semiconductor manufacturing, electric vehicles, batteries, renewable energy and advanced weapons systems. This…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (213+ words) PAKISTAN imports petroleum products worth roughly $16 billion every year. Simultaneously, it pays domestic power producers billions of rupees for electricity that goes unused. Imported fuel is burned daily as power plants sit idle, compensated through guaranteed capacity payments regardless of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (388+ words) " Parliamentarians voice apprehensions over rapid finalisation of regulation and limited stakeholder consultation" Say rooftop solar boom was driven by high electricity tariffs, unreliability of grid ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Forum on Energy and Economy here on Tuesday raised concerns over consumer…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (1179+ words) " Orders Power Division to file review petition to protect existing contract holders" Nepra approves Rs132bn fixed charges for 28.5m households" Decision applied retrospectively; lowest slabs to face up to 75pc jump ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stepped in on Wednesday to seek a…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1683+ words) In a quiet Rawalpindi neighbourhood, where the power grid often dictates the rhythm of life, one family has transitioned from stopgap solutions to a more sun-powered reality. Their journey into solar energy was not just a financial calculation, but a…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (367+ words) The PAK-KOREA Tes'ting Laboratory for PV Modules and Allied Equipment lab was established jointly by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). The laboratory has been developed through a $9.5 million grant-aid project from…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (478+ words) RAWALPINDI: The district administration has decided to launch the first phase of electric buses on 10 routes of the garrison city from next week, and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz is likely to inaugurate the service. A senior official of the…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago  (627+ words) In a detailed set of objections to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), Aptma demanded a stringent reality check of the exaggerated demand forecasts based on population and GDP growth, allegedly without taking into account ground realities taking shape…...