Muhammad Zunorain

Doctor
Internal Medicine Trainee, UK 🇬🇧
A Patriotic Pakistani by heart 🇵🇰

[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.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

Warmest wishes to Muslims who are marking the end of Ramadan across the UK and around the world.

May your Eid‑al‑Fitr be joyful and full of peace.

Eid Mubarak.

[Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf]

It shouldn't have to be said, but I am glad you did @Keir_Starmer - thank you for standing up against clear anti-Muslim hatred being peddled by members of the official opposition. Nick Timothy should have no place in politics, let alone his party's front bench.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

I’m proud of our tolerant and diverse country.

I’m proud that in Trafalgar Square we celebrate all faiths.

That’s British values.

The comments from Nick Timothy are shameful. Kemi Badenoch should do the right thing and sack him.

[Ankit Mayank @mr_mayank]

BREAKING : After 🇪🇸 Spain, now UK PM Keir Starmer slammed Trump

“Donald Trump has plunged the Middle East into chaos. We will stand by ethics, no matter the pressure”

Spain started the trend, Canada joined. Now UK also showing spine 🔥

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has suffered severe vision loss in prison.

His family and lawyer say he has 15% vision left in his right eye after prison authorities neglected to take action for months.

Pakistani officials have been contacted for comment.

[Shoaib Akhtar @shoaib100mph]

The last 3 months I’ve been raising funds in USA for Imran Khan’s Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital.

I’m deeply saddened to hear the news of him losing vision in his eye. I hope he gets the best treatment and I’m wishing him a speedy recovery.

[Awab Alvi @DrAwab]

Pakistan’s shift from net metering to net billing in simple numbers:

You consume 500 units from the grid; your solar exports 400 units.

Old net metering:
Bill = (500 − 400) × ~Rs33 ≈ Rs3,300

New net billing:
Buy 500 × Rs33 ≈ Rs16,500
Sell 400 × ~Rs10 ≈ Rs4,000 credit
Final bill ≈ Rs12,500

Same solar. Very different bill.

PMLN trapped us in terrible IPP deals (many involving corruption and cuts), and we’re still bleeding because of them. Thank you, Sharifistan.

[ZEShan ⚫ @zeshmohmand]

بریکینگ نیوز 🚨
شہزاد اکبر پر حملہ، investigation کو لوکل پولیس سے Scotland Yard نے ٹیک اورر کرلیا!
اب تحقیقات کاؤنٹر ٹیررزم ڈیپارٹمنٹ Scotland Yard کرے گی!!
یہ بہت بڑی development ہے

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇵🇰 HE REFUSED TO LIE AND FRAME PM IMRAN KHAN, NOW HE’S IN HIDING IN WASHINGTON

Dr. @MoeedNj is one of Pakistan’s most respected journalists.

When the military establishment began the process of ousting and then jailing Prime Minister Imran Khan, Moeed was requested to fabricate a lie to frame the country’s former leader.

He refused.

What followed was legal harassment, de-platforming, and eventually death threats.

Moeed did not yield.

But when a fellow journalist and friend was assassinated, he fled to the U.S., where he now lives under protection.

I sit down with Moeed to not only hear his story, but also to get a better understanding of how a nuclear-armed nation of 250 million ended up here: A former Prime Minister in solitary confinement, a journalist

[Jahanzeb Khan PTI UK @JKhanClassified]

پاکستان کے نوجوانوں کو چاہیے کہ وہ ستر سالہ ڈاکٹر عامر عزیز کی دلیرانہ گفتگو پوری توجہ سے سنیں۔ وہ اس نظام کی حقیقت کھول رہے ہیں جو عرصے سے چند بااثر طب��وں کے قبضے میں ہے۔ نوجوانوں کا مستقبل سخت میرٹ، شفافیت اور اختیارات کی نچلی سطح تک منتقلی سے جڑا ہوا ہے۔ اب وقت آ گیا ہے کہ اپنے حقوق کے لیے آواز بلند کی جائے۔ میں نے ڈاکٹر صاحب کی یہ ویڈیو چار دفعہ سنی اور پھر پوسٹ کر رہا ہوں۔ پاکستانیوں اللہ کی دی ہوئی اس نعمت (ملک پاکستان) کا احساس کریں۔

[War Analyst @War_Analysts]

Donald Trump isn’t holding back,he confirmed the loss of 7 Indian Air Force fighter jets during operation Sindoor and said India has pledged for surrender to Pakistan.

[Zubair Khan Niazi @zubairniazi]

دریا راوی، قبضہ، علیم خان، پارک وئیو، سیلاب
اللہ پاکستان اور پاکستانیوں پر رحم فرما۔

[Hafsa Malik @kashmiricanibal]

The situation in Park View is really bad, and on top of that, they started the evacuation very late. People couldn’t take much with them, just imagine how much loss they’ve suffered. Their electrical appliances and furniture is destroyed. 😔

[Ahmad Hassan Bobak @ahmad__bobak]

میٹرو سٹی لاہور بھی ڈوبا ہوا ہے۔

[Arslan Baloch @balochi5252]

عوام اپنی مدد اپ کے تحت پانی نکال رہے ہیں باقی جو الفاظ ویڈیو بنانے والے نے استعمال کئے ہیں وہ خود ہی سُن لیں۔

[Zard si Gana @ZardSi]

Very bad situation at Park View City, Lahore 😢

- Though rescue work is going on, prayers for everyone...🇵🇰

[Shakir Mehmood Awan @ShakirAwan88]

“گھروں میں پھنسے لوگ، ریسکیو آپریشن جاری”“چھتوں پر پناہ لینے والے خاندان محفوظ مقام پر منتقل کیے جا رہے ہیں”“پارک ویو میں زندگی اور موت کی کشمکش”“ریسکیو اہلکار، انسانیت کے مسیحا”

[Jehanzeb Paracha @JehanzebParacha]

پچھلے چند سالوں کے واقعات کو یاد کرکے @MoeedNj آبدیدہ ہوگئے.
اگر آپ نے @QasimKhanSuri کا یہ انٹرویو نہیں دیکھا، تو ضرور دیکھیں.
قاسم سوری نے یہ بھی بتایا کہ ان کی جو تاریخی رولنگ تھی، اسے وہ لکھ کے اپنے موزے میں چھپا کر اسمبلی کے اندر لے کر گئے تھے تاکہ عسکری بدمعاش وہ رولنگ قبضے میں نا لے لیں.
آپ کو پتا چلے گا عمران خان کی شخصیت کے بارے میں اور قاسم سوری کی بھی کیا کمال شخصیت اور جدوجہد ہے.

لنک: https://t.co/cP10dlrHRT

#ناقابل_شکست_عمران_خاندان

[Hamza Yusuf @Hamza_a96]

A student opening their results live on the BBC: “On that note, I want to say Free Palestine, end the genocide and the BBC is complicit…”

The BBC reporter quickly interjected and said “we’re here to talk about A-Level results… Gaza is a whole different subject…”