Tax Policy in PK - Why are you taking risk, creating jobs, and operating formally? Pay an effective tax rate of 39%+. - So you want to export? lmao get an export license. You want to import? You can get a giraffe for your garden without a license. - Why are you saving

Govt resists Rs200b circular debt cap! Pakistan has informed the IMF that power sector will bleed another Rs535 billion in losses during the current fiscal year – 35% higher than last year – due to inefficiencies and under-recovery of electricity bills tribune.com.pk/story/2571211/…

“Our loss-making distribution companies (DISCOs) are the clearest example of this dysfunction. Every year they bleed billions in theft, poor recovery, and political interference. Their losses are taxpayer-funded or passed onto consumers as surcharge. Yet rather than offering them

brecorder.com/news/40386323 brecorder.com/news/40386323 Another major structural flaw lies in how Pakistan regulates its energy system. Two separate regulators — NEPRA for electricity and OGRA for oil and gas — work under two Ministries, the Power Division and the Petroleum Division,

POV: You Beat Everyone

A must read report of exceptional quality by Shahid Mehmood. Pakistan’s power crisis isn’t about generation, it is about governance. Decades after WAPDA’s breakup, we got: Rs 2.3T circular debt 46GW capacity but ⅓ used High tariffs & imported fuel Fiscal drain > Rs 17T Fix

There is rapid de-industrialization happening, with the industrial base contracting, and not much being done to consolidate the same. 46 out of the 83 products tracked by LSM Index have seen a consistent decline in last two years. In absence of any serious industrial policy, it

Eye opening dissenting note– NEPRA Member (Technical) warns Rs 40 billion release to NTDC undermines regulatory credibility newzshewz.com/eye-opening-di…

Global renewable capacity is set to double by 2030 amid headwinds from supply chains, grid integration & financing. Solar PV makes up about 80% of the rise – growing in established markets, but also surging in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan & Southeast Asia 👉 iea.li/4gVhKsq

The citizens of Karachi as usual will pay the price. We pay for water, don’t get it, we pay for roads, they’re broken, we pay for civic services/sanitation, there’s no garbage collection. In the end we would be paying for electricity and won’t be getting it too. KE’s revisited

Tribute to The Champions of Karachi who Fought K Electric Tariff........ روزے بخشوانے گئے تھے نمازیں گلے پڑ گئی

اگر بجلی اور گیس کی نرخوں میں کمی کی جائے اور ٹیکس کا بوجھ لوگوں پہ کم کر دیا جائے تو ملک کی معیشت چلنے لگے گی لیکن اس کے لیے جو اصلاحات کی ضرورت ہے وہ حکومت کرنے سے قاصر ہے #MiftahIsmail #AwaamPakistan #Reforms #Pakistan

It was unfair to charge more than PKR400 billion to Karachis consumers to finance the circular debt not caused by them ‘KE consumers paying Rs3.23 per unit for circular debt they did not cause’ thenews.com.pk/latest/1353164…

If we just fixed policy for 15 years, no U-turns—the auto industry would thrive. “But every time we start walking, someone moves the finish line.

It’s becoming clearer that the FCA reversal isn’t about regulation anymore. it’s about management control and influence. When good relations with Politicions start dictating who gets penalised, it’s the citizens of Karachi who end up paying the price. Instead of improving

امید ہے کے الیکٹرک کے سعودی اور کویتی سرمایہ کاروں کا حکومت کو 2 ارب ڈالر ہرجانے کے نوٹس کا معاملہ افہام و تفہیم سے حل ہو جائے گا، سی ای او کے الیکٹرک

It was widely believed that the hotel had been purchased by Dr. Syed Adeebul Hasan Rizvi Saheb, widely regarded as the second most respected philanthropist in Pakistan after Edhi Saheb, with the active support of SyedShabbarZaidi and Apa Kishwar Zehra. However, a PPP MNA now claims

Nepra can do it even without government approval

Question: I’m trying to understand this, DISCOs collectively sell about 100,000 GWh, receive around Rs 1 trillion in subsidy, and still incur Rs 500 billion in annual losses, which translates to roughly Rs 15 per unit over their MYT. Selling across Pakistan. In comparison,