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[Chris Meder @EVCurveFuturist]

Pakistan may be accidentally building one of the world’s first decentralised #solar economies. The craziest part? Real scale barely shows in official stats. Imported 51.5 GW solar panels by late 2025—nearly = entire grid. Yet registered net-metered rooftop solar just 5.3–6.8 GW.

What makes this story so extraordinary is the speed.

In only a few years, Pakistan appears to have gone from a relatively minor solar market to potentially sourcing around a quarter of its electricity from solar once distributed generation is included.

👉 ~16.6–17 GW solar imports in 2024
👉 ~18 GW solar imports in 2025
👉 ~51.5 GW cumulative imports by late 2025
👉 Rooftop solar: ~1.3 GW → 4.1 GW in 2024
👉 ~5.3–6.8 GW registered rooftop solar in 2025
👉 24+ GW estimated behind-the-meter/off-grid
👉 Solar potentially ~25% of actual electricity use

The massive gap between imported panels and officially registered systems strongly suggests tens of gigawatts are now operating quietly on homes, farms, factories and businesses across the country.

This increasingly looks less like a normal energy transition and more like large-scale consumer-led grid defection.

And economics is driving nearly all of it.

Electricity tariffs surged. Diesel prices climbed. Blackouts remained common. Meanwhile ultra-cheap Chinese solar panels and falling battery prices made self-generation economically irresistible.
So millions effectively made the same calculation:

Generate your own power, or remain trapped inside an expensive and unstable system.

Once solar becomes cheaper than the grid itself, adoption can move faster than governments, utilities and even official statistics can keep up with.

This isn’t gradual transition by any stretch. It may ultimately become a blueprint for how energy-poor nations break free from legacy old-world energy systems dominated by fossil fuels and increasingly expensive centralised power.

It’s decentralisation at escape velocity.

This is #Bettrification.

[HH Sheikh Mohammed @HHShkMohd]

Under the directives of the President of the UAE, we launch a new government model. Within two years, 50% of government sectors, services, and operations will run on Agentic AI, making the UAE the first government globally to operate at this scale through autonomous systems.

AI is no longer a tool. It analyses, decides, executes, and improves in real time. It will become our executive partner to enhance services, accelerate decisions, and raise efficiency.

This transformation has a clear timeline. Two years. Performance across government will be measured by speed of adoption, quality of implementation, and mastery of AI in redesigning government work.

We are investing in our people. Every federal employee will be trained to master AI, building one of the world’s strongest capabilities in AI-driven government.

Implementation will be overseen by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, with a dedicated taskforce chaired by Mohammad Al Gergawi driving execution.

The world is changing. Technology is accelerating. Our principle remains constant. People come first. Our goal is a government that is faster, more responsive, and more impactful.

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[Momin 🇪🇸🇦🇷 @MominISheikh]

Real change will come when Netflix, not World Bank, will move Pakistan to MENA region instead of South Asia

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@LoganTGott Prompt

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We just helped reduce oil prices and diffused escalating tensions for the whole world - now concessions in visa restrictions would be a great way to thank the Pakistanis.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

"IRAN HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE STRAIT OF IRAN IS FULLY OPEN AND READY FOR FULL PASSAGE. THANK YOU!" - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: The US is considering a "$20 billion cash-for-uranium deal" with Iran as part of a new "3 page peace plan," per Axios.

Details include:

1. The US and Iran are negotiating over a 3-page plan to end the war

2. One element under discussion is that the US would release $20 billion in frozen Iranian funds in return for Iran giving up its stockpile of enriched uranium

3. Some of Iran's highly enriched uranium would be shipped to a third country and some would be down-blended in Iran under international monitoring

4. Iran would be allowed to have nuclear research reactors for the production of medical isotopes, but would pledge that all of its nuclear facilities would be above ground

A second round of US-Iran talks is expected in Pakistan on Sunday.

[Seyed Abbas Araghchi @araghchi]

In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep. of Iran.

[Abdul Basit @abasitpak1]

Trump is coming to Pakistan to sign Islamabad Accords. Pakistan Zindabad

[Caitlin Doornbos @CaitlinDoornbos]

President Trump now says he may come to Islamabad if there is a peace deal to be signed.

“I might go,” he told reporters at the White House. “Pakistan has been great. They’ve been so good.”

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@hotdropfps The godfather

[Iran in Ghana @IRAN_GHANA]

Dear Italy,
Your PM just defended Pope and lost an ally in Washington — the Commander in Grief, yet the most 'powerfool'man on earth.

We'd like to apply for the vacancy.

Our qualifications: 7,000 years of civilization, a shared love of poetry, architecture, and food that takes longer to prepare than Trump's attention span.

The only thing Iran and Italy have ever fought over is who invented ice cream. Faloodeh came first. Gelato came louder. We've been in a 'cold' war over this for 2,000 years.

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@CaitlinDoornbos Go the mountains, go to Naran and upwards. You can even go to Kashmir - what a beautiful green landscape alongside a lush flowing river.

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The wit, the messaging, the social posture - so much to love and learn about Iran in this war.

[Iran In Hyderabad @IraninHyderabad]

The Strait of Hormuz isn’t social media. If someone blocks you, you can’t just block them back.

[Iran In Hyderabad @IraninHyderabad]

The Strait of Hormuz isn’t social media. If someone blocks you, you can’t just block them back.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

BREAKING: Pakistan has proposed hosting a second round of talks between the US and Iran in Islamabad in the coming days, before the end of the ceasefire, reports the Associated Press, citing Pakistani officials.

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/Dnbp1FRPOd

[Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arash_tehran]

BREAKING: Next round of Iran-US direct talks will be held in Islamabad on Thursday, a source in Tehran tells me

[Hafsa Malik @kashmiricanibal]

A tourist lost her wallet in Pakistan. What happened next surprised her beyond words.She says

"If this was India or another country , I don't think I'd get it back. But in Pakistan, things work differently. I love these people "

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@JoeBGrech Be our guest!

[Shakir Abbasi @ShakirAbbasi22]

“I felt like I knew Pakistan, but you don't know Pakistan until you truly experience it. And it has been delightful. It has the best, highest quality, most superb-tasting food I have ever experienced at a media event in my entire career.”
Senior #WhiteHouse Correspondent for @AJEnglish @KimberlyHalkett on her 1st ever visit to #Pakistan
#IslamabadTalks