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Turning solar boom into a shared resource

Pakistan Published 27 October 2026, 21:42 · archived 27 Oct 2026

Imagine a small mud house in Sindh’s Tharparkar. Imagine now a mother switching on a single light after sunset, prodding children for the umpteenth time to finish homework promptly, since the battery storing the power won’t last through the night. Some 1,432 kilometres away, towards the northeast of Tharparkar, is Islamabad, where families have a very different experience of power - both real and electric! Many households in the capital have their rooftops lined with solar panels. On hot sunny afternoons, they likely produce more electricity than a family needs. This surplus electricity goes u...

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