Pakistan's Privatization of Discos Faces Challenges

Privatising Discos won’t be enough

YEARS before I joined K-Electric, I led a large industrial company facing a choice many Pakistani manufacturers know well: keep relying on grid electricity or invest in captive generation. We chose captive power because it made better commercial sense than buying from the grid at prevailing tariffs and operating conditions. Years later, as COO Distribution at K-Electric, I saw the same issue from the other side. That experience taught me a critical lesson: Pakistan’s power sector is not only ...

By [email protected] (Asif Saad)