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 🙏🏼
Pakistan's Solar Revolt
Pakistan now has two power systems. One was planned by the state. The other was built by its consumers, and it is quietly undermining the first.
Between 2021 and 2025, Pakistan imported about 51 GW of solar panels (IEA, September 2026). By 2025, 28–38 GW of distributed capacity was in place, most of it on rooftops.
Why would millions spend their own money on this? Because the median Pakistani firm goes around 45 hours a month without grid electricity.
But their exit comes with a bill, and it lands on those who stay. Fixed capacity payments do not shrink when consumers leave. They are spread over fewer people, making grid power dearer and solar more attractive still.
Resisting solar will only accelerate the exodus. Grid, tariffs, DISCOs and regulation must be rebuilt around the reality consumers have created.
Grid design, tariffs, DISCOs, regulation and the market itself must be rebuilt around the reality consumers have already created.
The consumers have moved. The power system now has to catch up.
My column in The News:
https://t.co/XsGrkuvhvZ
Cricket legend Imran Khan is rotting to death in a tiny jail cell in Pakistan. It's time Britain used its influence to help free him
https://t.co/Yf5eCx2fAi
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