Ali Khan Tareen

Systems Builder | Sports Fan | Girl Dad

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

A short note on the privatization of Pakistan's DISCOs.

DISCOs are in a death spiral. Every year they sell fewer and fewer units. Every year the cost per unit goes up. Every year more customers leave for solar. And at Rs 38 a unit and above, who can blame anyone for going solar?

Privatization is a good step. But not with the current model. The the only way it will be a success is to let DISCOs generate their own electricity and price it competitively. A DISCO that can produce cheap power should be free to pass those savings on to the customer, not forced to charge the same national rate as everyone else.

Whether it is wind, solar or anything else. As long as it is cheaper than the National Tariff, DISCOs must be able to invest in energy generation and thus be able to offer consumers cheaper electricity. If this is not done, the death spiral of lower units consumed leading to higher unit costs will continue.

Two caveats:
1.⁠ ⁠The Government cannot let DISCOs self-generate everything, as they have capacity payments to make. So the practical solution is a tapered ratio. Let DISCOs produce a set share themselves, say 20-30% to start, growing as old IPP contracts expire.

2.⁠ ⁠This will get political the moment one province's DISCOs offer cheaper electricity than another province. Im honestly not sure how to solve this issue but the question is simple: Does the Government want a functioning power sector, or a politically convenient one?

In short:
Cheap electricity should be the goal, not something the Government stands in the way of. Without pricing freedom, whoever buys these DISCOs is inheriting a shrinking customer base tied to a rate they cannot control. That is not the privatization of a business. It is the privatization of a death spiral.

[Selina Rashid @selinarashid]

Wrote about @AbdulElSayed for @PRNews: the politics of unfiltered authenticity, conviction, confrontation and refusing to shrink our identities to make others comfortable. Six lessons for communicators on the power of being unapologetically ourselves.

https://t.co/233hJFzVA5

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

Michigan da Pawa, Abdul Lava!

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

It is my honor and privilege to be headed to the US Senate to serve the great state of Michigan. 

Michigan, we did what they said couldn’t be done. We won. Together. Now the real work begins.

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

@hamadazmat 😄

[Nawab Hassan Hussein Qureshi @HtotheQ]

A boy from Multan, a boy from Layyah. Waseb represent ❤️❤️

[Georgetown Pakistan Forum @GUPakistanForum]

Bringing you North America’s largest and most thoughtfully curated forum dedicated to Pakistan. An extraordinary, star-studded lineup awaits you on November 14, 2026, at Georgetown University.

Get your tickets now: https://t.co/ggW9pa5860

#GPF #GeorgetownPakistan #PakistaniDiaspora #Pakistan

@aliktareen @kalsoom82 @hasen_rai

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

@TechByAJ Less money, less racism

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

I haven’t deployed funds yet 🙏🏼😄

[Quinvestein @Quinvestein]

KSE-100 is down 9% since @AliKTareen jumped in at the dead-cat bounce. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Sazgar is also down 25% since then. #PSX $SAZEW 📉

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

Sad to see this but not surprised. Mental health is culturally downplayed and dismissed. The more we speak about it the faster the stigma will disappear. #MentalHealthMatters

[Imrana Imdad @ImranaImdad]

Disturbing: Pakistan’s first national mental health survey finds nearly 1 in 3 adults (32%) live with a diagnosable psychological disorder. 1 in 5 have PTSD, over 1 in 10 have depression.

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

@LordHuzaifaa 🙏🏼❤️

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

@eisenhiem_10 😄🙏

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

After launching the Tareen Oxford Scholarship, people suggested funding undergrads too. So we reached out to LUMS to be make it happen.

Every year, we will fully fund six undergraduate students from South Punjab, three young women and three young men.

Investing in people is the best investment. More to come IA.
#SouthPunjab🚀

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

Yayyyyyyyyy 😍❤️🥰

[Ahsan Tahir @M_Ahsan_Tahir]

We will definitely have Fantasy and alot more this season!

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

If this was the PSL, the press release would be: New broadcast deal is 3810% more than the broadcast deal in 1998

[Yousuf M.Farooq @YousufMFarooq]

🇵🇰I really don't understand the logic of having no sales tax on a 1 crore electric car and having 18% sales tax on packaged milk.

Absurd.

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

@sherazam Bag quality so good, can be used for high value goods 😄

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

@MianAbbas_92 @KelloggOx @UniofOxford @OxfordPakistan 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

Congratulations to this year's Tareen Oxford Scholar, Ali Hassan from Muzaffargarh. At just 21, Ali completed his law degree at LUMS on a full scholarship and is now heading to my alma mater, @KelloggOx.

MA I was so privileged to complete my master's at @UniofOxford, and I intend to pass that privilege on to students from South Punjab every year IA 🙏🏼

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

@glyceringossip 😄🙏

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

@mohsinrz 🙏

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

@ShireenMazari1 🙏❤️