Sohaib R. Malik
Soaring electricity prices and inexpensive solar energy pose an existential threat to Pakistan’s inept power utilities
Updated 30 Sep, 2024 11:49am
The future of solar is bright. Countries around the world are opting for the relatively inexpensive power generation source,...
Updated 09 May, 2022 03:45pm
The new SAPM for power has some good ideas but his success depends more on others than himself.
Updated 05 Dec, 2020 11:52pm
The government needs a plan for its incremental successes to make a lasting positive impact.
Published 03 Oct, 2020 07:01am
Despite its practical bankruptcy, our power sector continues helping its stakeholders enrich themselves
Updated 07 Jun, 2020 04:10pm
With a dearth of fiscal space and regional cooperation, South Asia is prone to a vicious circle of crises.
Published 18 Apr, 2020 06:18am
Is the Beijing-Washington spat over CPEC a welcome development for the common Pakistani?
Published 03 Feb, 2020 07:12am
The foundational principles of the state of Madina delegitimise authoritarian rule.
Published 28 Oct, 2019 06:49am
The renewed effort to privatise power-generation plants indicates the growing despair of the PM’s economic managers.
Published 30 Sep, 2019 07:02am
It’s not too late to reassess our policy choices for ensuring universal access to electricity services by 2030.
Published 29 Jul, 2019 06:59am
The success of CPEC is crucial for Beijing to place itself as a trusted partner for the Global South.
Updated 27 May, 2019 04:27pm
What plans are in place to offset the looming damage of coal-related commercial activities for Thar?
Published 06 Apr, 2019 07:11am
Apart from the project-specific glitches, the Pak-Saudi MOUs face other challenges too.
Updated 01 Mar, 2019 01:53pm
The focus should be on renewable energy technologies.
Published 18 Feb, 2019 07:12am
WIND power in Pakistan has reached about 1,200 megawatts (MW) of cumulative installed capacity.
Published 03 Dec, 2018 06:56am
Growing up in a semi-urban area in Punjab I can barely recall a summer without extended hours of electricity...
Published 12 Nov, 2018 06:58am
How likely is Asad Umar to succeed in his pledge for a people-friendly IMF programme?
Published 29 Oct, 2018 06:50am
Distributing solar home systems to rural households to light an electric bulb and charge a mobile phone may qualify ...
Published 15 Oct, 2018 07:02am
