Power Minister Shares Shocking Plan to Make Electricity ‘Very’ Cheap in Pakistan
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Federal Minister for Energy Awais Leghari on Monday announced that electricity prices in Pakistan will soon be so cheap that consumers will be able to store power in batteries during the day and use it at night.
Speaking via video link at a conference in Lahore, the minister said that major reforms are being introduced in the energy sector to improve efficiency and reduce long-term costs.
He stated that Independent Power Producers (IPPs) have effectively been “buried for the future,” adding that the government has withdrawn from the IPP business model and halted plans for adding 10,000 megawatts through such agreements.
He said the focus is now shifting towards privatization, smart metering, and encouraging private companies to introduce modern energy solutions.
Leghari further said that electricity tariffs will be structured differently for industries and agriculture, with off-peak rates for certain consumer categories being reduced to around 6–7 rupees per unit during daytime hours.
The government is working to eliminate defective billing systems by ensuring faulty meters do not remain in operation for extended periods, which currently creates unnecessary financial burden on consumers.
The minister added that savings are being achieved in meter procurement and said that electricity distribution companies are expected to be privatized within the next one to two years.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
