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Two men in hard hats stand on a rooftop in the foreground with the rows of solar panels of the Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park stretching to the horizon behind them.

Pakistan's solar generation overtakes nuclear for the first time

Pakistan generated more electricity from solar than from nuclear for the first time in 2025, a new report says, as rooftop systems and Chinese panel imports reshaped the grid.

An archival 2012 group photograph of Pakistani power distribution company officials at an exchange programme event in Islamabad, used as contextual imagery of the DISCO sector being privatised; the photo does not depict the 4 October 2026 Privatisation Commission briefing.

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Pakistan sets December 2027 deadline to sell nine power distributors

Pakistan has told the IMF it will privatise nine distribution companies by December 2027 in four batches, excluding loss-making Quetta, but the Fund questions the model.

The Pakistan Parliament House in Islamabad at dusk, a modern multi-storey block with the Bismillah calligraphy panel above the entrance and the Pakistani flag flying on the roof, with a boy standing in front of the gated perimeter

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Govt plans Rs110bn NFC deduction to recover provincial power arrears from IMF review

Pakistan has told the IMF it will recover more than Rs110 billion in provincial electricity arrears by adjusting NFC transfers, raising fresh provincial resistance and IMF concern.

Silhouetted gantry cranes and a berthed cargo ship at Karachi Port against a golden sunset, with a warehouse and harbour buildings along the waterfront.

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Pakistan's first-quarter trade deficit widens 15% to $10.8bn

Pakistan's merchandise trade deficit widened 15.1% to $10.79 billion in July–September as imports grew faster than exports, with September's gap up 6.2% to $3.56 billion.

Aerial view of a container port with blue gantry cranes, stacked shipping containers, a berthed vessel and oil storage tanks

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Karachi port cargo piles up as Islamabad container blockade stalls trucks

Truckers are refusing to haul cargo north from Karachi as police seize containers to barricade Islamabad before PTI's 4 October march, pushing up demurrage and freight costs.

Front view of the International Monetary Fund headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., with the IMF name shield above the entrance

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IMF shares first MEFP draft with Pakistan, flags Rs1.675trn power circular debt breach

The IMF's first MEFP draft for Pakistan's $7bn EFF review flags a Rs1.675 trillion power circular-debt breach and asks for the 200-unit power subsidy to end in favour of BISP.

A service station on the M-2 motorway in Pakistan, with fuel pumps under a canopy and a road running through a flat landscape.

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Pakistan hikes petrol by Rs3.26 to Rs390.66 and trims diesel by Rs1.01 for October 2

Petrol rose to Rs390.66 a litre and high-speed diesel fell to Rs399.34 from 2 October 2026, a reversal after three straight daily cuts.

The International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, D.C., seen from the street with its angular modernist facade and dark glass curtain walls.

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Pakistan, IMF hit deadlock over fuel subsidy and Rs1.4 trillion gas receivables write-off

Pakistan and the IMF have hit a deadlock over the fuel subsidy scheme and writing off Rs1.4 trillion in gas utility receivables as the fourth EFF review continues.

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Pakistan CPI inflation eased to 10.3% in September but stayed in double digits on energy costs

PBS said headline inflation eased to 10.3% year-on-year in September 2026 from 11.1% in August, with energy and transport costs keeping the annual print in double digits.

A busy pedestrian shopping street in Anarkali Bazaar, Lahore, with small storefronts, overhead shop signboards, parked motorcycles and people walking.

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Pakistan's tax filers jump 45% while tax paid with returns falls 7%

Income-tax returns in Pakistan rose 45% to 5.77 million by 30 September, but tax paid with those returns fell 7% to Rs77.3 billion as the FBR began mapping shops.

A Pakistan State Oil petrol pump in the mountains of Kalam in the Swat Valley, with a fuel canopy and pumps set against a clear sky.

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Pakistan cuts petrol by 14 paisas and diesel by Rs1.89 for October 1

Petrol falls to Rs387.40 a litre and high-speed diesel to Rs400.35 from 1 October 2026, a third straight daily cut that arrived even as crude prices rose.

A field of wheat in Punjab, Pakistan, with dense rows of ripening crop stretching towards the horizon under a daytime sky.

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Pakistan starts Rabi season with 25% water shortage after dry monsoon

Pakistan entered the Rabi season on 1 October with reservoir storage below 9.5 million acre feet and a projected 25% water shortage after monsoon rainfall ran 19.3% short.