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Govt begins to move out of power business

Pakistan Published 21 September 2026, 04:53 · archived 21 Sep 2026

ISLAMABAD: The government has taken a major step towards transforming Pakistan’s power sector from a single-buyer model to a competitive electricity market, under which it would neither sell electricity nor purchase power from producers in the traditional manner. Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari made this announcement in a video message on Sunday. He said that under the new system, the government would neither have the right to sell electricity nor purchase electricity from power producers in the traditional manner. The Minister said the system would initially be impl...

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