Navigating the 19% Tariff Maze: What It Means for Pakistan’s Textile Exports
By: Muhammad Hasan Shafqaat CEO, Pakistan Textile Council (PTC) 03rd August 2025 While there is some clarity regarding the Tariffs, clouds of uncertainty will still shroud us for the next few months. To clearly understand the issue a quick recap might assist. For Pakistan (also rest of the world) this issue started when 29% Reciprocal […]
The Case For Rationalizing RLNG Pricing in Favor of Captive Industry in Sindh – K-Electric
FROM REFORMS TO RUINS: THE IMF’S ROLE IN COLLAPSING PAKISTAN’S LNG MARKET AND EXPORT VIABILITY admin June 4, 2025 Blog Writer: MR. ASIM RIAZ AN ESTABLISHED ENERGY EXPERT, M.PHIL. STRATEGIC STUDIES NDU,MASTERS IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT CIIT, B.SC. (MECHANICAL) UET, BS. MATH-PHYSICS PU. Pakistan’s commodity markets are subject to arbitrary administrative control, where prices and allocations […]
From RLNG Surplus To Circular Debt: The Real Cost of Captive Sector Demand Destruction
FROM REFORMS TO RUINS: THE IMF’S ROLE IN COLLAPSING PAKISTAN’S LNG MARKET AND EXPORT VIABILITY admin June 4, 2025 Blog Writer: MR. ASIM RIAZ AN ESTABLISHED ENERGY EXPERT, M.PHIL. STRATEGIC STUDIES NDU,MASTERS IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT CIIT, B.SC. (MECHANICAL) UET, BS. MATH-PHYSICS PU. Pakistan’s commodity markets are subject to arbitrary administrative control, where prices and allocations […]
Against The Grain: How OGRA’s Price Increase Ignores Market Reality And Deepens Crisis
FROM REFORMS TO RUINS: THE IMF’S ROLE IN COLLAPSING PAKISTAN’S LNG MARKET AND EXPORT VIABILITY admin June 4, 2025 Blog Writer: MR. ASIM RIAZ AN ESTABLISHED ENERGY EXPERT, M.PHIL. STRATEGIC STUDIES NDU,MASTERS IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT CIIT, B.SC. (MECHANICAL) UET, BS. MATH-PHYSICS PU. Pakistan’s commodity markets are subject to arbitrary administrative control, where prices and allocations […]
Pricing Out Efficiency: How Misguided RLNG Tariffs Are Sinking Industrial Growth
FROM REFORMS TO RUINS: THE IMF’S ROLE IN COLLAPSING PAKISTAN’S LNG MARKET AND EXPORT VIABILITY admin June 4, 2025 Blog Writer: MR. ASIM RIAZ AN ESTABLISHED ENERGY EXPERT, M.PHIL. STRATEGIC STUDIES NDU,MASTERS IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT CIIT, B.SC. (MECHANICAL) UET, BS. MATH-PHYSICS PU. Pakistan’s commodity markets are subject to arbitrary administrative control, where prices and allocations […]
Reclassify or Collapse: Why Pakistan Must Protect Its Most Efficient Gas Combined Heat And Power Industrial Consumers
RECLASSIFY OR COLLAPSE: WHY PAKISTAN MUST PROTECT ITS MOST EFFICIENT GAS COMBINED HEAT AND POWER INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS admin June 7, 2025 Blog Writer: MR. ASIM RIAZ AN ESTABLISHED ENERGY EXPERT, M.PHIL. STRATEGIC STUDIES NDU,MASTERS IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT CIIT, B.SC. (MECHANICAL) UET, BS. MATH-PHYSICS PU. Pakistan’s current energy policy and regulatory framework reflects a significant departure […]
From Reforms To Ruins: The IMF’s Role in Collapsing Pakistan’s LNG Market And Export Viability
FROM REFORMS TO RUINS: THE IMF’S ROLE IN COLLAPSING PAKISTAN’S LNG MARKET AND EXPORT VIABILITY admin June 4, 2025 Blog Writer: MR. ASIM RIAZ AN ESTABLISHED ENERGY EXPERT, M.PHIL. STRATEGIC STUDIES NDU,MASTERS IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT CIIT, B.SC. (MECHANICAL) UET, BS. MATH-PHYSICS PU. Pakistan’s commodity markets are subject to arbitrary administrative control, where prices and allocations […]
Locked Out And Shut in: How Policy Gaps Are Undermining Gas Market Reform
LOCKED OUT AND SHUT IN: HOW POLICY GAPS ARE UNDERMINING GAS MARKET REFORM admin May 29, 2025 Blog Writer: MR. ASIM RIAZ AN ESTABLISHED ENERGY EXPERT, M.PHIL. STRATEGIC STUDIES NDU,MASTERS IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT CIIT, B.SC. (MECHANICAL) UET, BS. MATH-PHYSICS PU. The absence of integrated energy planning has led to deepening structural inefficiencies across Pakistan’s energy […]
DISCONNECTED FROM REALITY: STRUCTURAL ROT AND POLICY MYOPIA IN PAKISTAN’S GAS SECTOR
DISCONNECTED FROM REALITY: STRUCTURAL ROT AND POLICY MYOPIA IN PAKISTAN’S GAS SECTOR admin May 7, 2025 Blog Writer: MR. ASIM RIAZ AN ESTABLISHED ENERGY EXPERT, M.PHIL. STRATEGIC STUDIES NDU,MASTERS IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT CIIT, B.SC. (MECHANICAL) UET, BS. MATH-PHYSICS PU. Pakistan’s gas sector is burdened by deeply rooted structural distortions, including monopolistic control by state-owned utilities, […]
REWIRING POLICY, RECLAIMING EFFICIENCY: THE CASE FOR SUPPORTING CAPTIVE POWER SYSTEMS
FROM REFORMS TO RUINS: THE IMF’S ROLE IN COLLAPSING PAKISTAN’S LNG MARKET AND EXPORT VIABILITY admin June 4, 2025 Blog Writer: MR. ASIM RIAZ AN ESTABLISHED ENERGY EXPERT, M.PHIL. STRATEGIC STUDIES NDU,MASTERS IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT CIIT, B.SC. (MECHANICAL) UET, BS. MATH-PHYSICS PU. Pakistan’s commodity markets are subject to arbitrary administrative control, where prices and allocations […]