PAKISTAN is in the midst of a people-led energy revolution. As of August 2025, the country has imported 49.7 GW of solar panels, a figure that now surpasses the on-grid installed capacity. Driven by increasing electricity prices, every day more of these panels are being installed on rooftops across urban neighbourhoods, industrial zones, and rural areas.
While these solar installations have drastically advanced Pakistan’s renewable energy portfolio and brought it to the global spotlight, they have also reduced electricity off-take from the national grid, shifting the burden of capacity payments from expensive power plants to the remaining consumers.
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