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K-Electric’s Industrial Segment Consumption Hits Record High in FY26 as Economic Growth Increases​

K-Electric’s (KE) industrial feeders’ consumption hit a record high at 6.08 billion units in FY26 as Pakistan’s GDP growth increased to 3.7% during the fiscal year, highlighting the utility’s role in powering Karachi, the country’s economic engine, through reliable and consistent electricity supply.

“This achievement cannot be viewed in isolation. It reflects the collective efforts of the Government of Pakistan, the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC), and Karachi’s industrial community, whose continued support has helped foster a stable and conducive business environment for investment and economic growth,” said KE Chief Executive Officer Syed Muhammad Taha.

“Karachi remains central to Pakistan’s industrial and commercial progress. KE has provided industries with loadshed-exempted power supply since 2013, and we are committed to continuing our role in powering that growth through reliable and sustainable power.”

KE’s industrial feeders serve a wide variety of manufacturing and industrial units stretching across various zones that deploy 100% smart meters, enabling the businesses to monitor consumption on a real-time basis.

The highest consumption remained in the B3 category – industries deploying power between 501-5,000kW – that consists of units in the cement, steel, and textile sectors among others.

On a monthly basis, the highest industrial consumption was in the month of June 2026, followed by April 2026.

The highest yearly number was previously registered in FY22 when industrial consumption on grid stood at 5.84 billion units in tandem with GDP growth that also crossed 6% that fiscal year.

Since FY22, industrial consumption had remained moderate amid economic headwinds, but FY26 saw a substantial 20% year-on-year increase after 5.04 billion units were consumed in FY25. With the government’s incentive to move industries from captive to on-grid power, and rebound in GDP growth, industrial consumption has seen an increase. KE also energised 349 new industrial connections while another 273 cases expanded their load, cumulatively adding 168MW of demand to the grid.

It is worth noting that industrial feeders/segment have had far better recovery rates across all customer categories, underscoring the importance of timely bill payments as one of the most important reasons behind loadshed exemption. KE understands that industries desire uninterrupted and reliable power supply. Despite constraints, the utility will continue to strive to ensure Karachi’s economic engine keeps running.

 

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Pakistan 'disappointed' with EU report on GSP+ compliance issues, says it understates reforms

FO spokesperson affirms GSP+ "remains central" to Pakistan's relationship with the EU; "completely rejects" Amnesty report on Kabul strikes.

www.dawn.com

Not good news. The officials may reject Amnesty International reports for all they want, but EU/EC consider them highly credible and authoratative and routinely cite them in their assessment reports.

That was retarded report. Anyone with eyes could saw there was secondary explosions.

I bet some Indian was behind that report. Along with people working under taliban regime.

EU diplomats are not blind.

 

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That was retarded report. Anyone with eyes could saw there was secondary explosions.

I bet some Indian was behind that report. Along with people working under taliban regime.

EU diplomats are not blind.

You clearlly have no idea how bureaucracy works. You think EU/EC bureaucrats sitting in a cubicle in Brussels will travel to Afghanistan to check for physical evidence that impacts one line out of thousands of pages they have to produce. They have their list of approved secondary sources and Amnesty International is one of them. They will go through all the relevant reports Amnesty International produces for various countries and cite them with attribution.

 

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You clearlly have no idea how bureaucracy works. You think EU/EC bureaucrats sitting in a cubicle in Brussels will travel to Afghanistan to check for physical evidence that impacts one line out of thousands of pages they have to produce. They have their list of approved secondary sources and Amnesty International is one of them. They will go through all the relevant reports Amnesty International produces for various countries and cite them with attribution.

The evidence is there, the videos show secondary explosion. EU diplomats are not retards to believe in reports blindly. Stop simping for terrorists, you sound desperate.

Listen to what top UK diplomat is saying

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K-Electric’s Industrial Segment Consumption Hits Record High in FY26 as Economic Growth Increases​

K-Electric’s (KE) industrial feeders’ consumption hit a record high at 6.08 billion units in FY26 as Pakistan’s GDP growth increased to 3.7% during the fiscal year, highlighting the utility’s role in powering Karachi, the country’s economic engine, through reliable and consistent electricity supply.

“This achievement cannot be viewed in isolation. It reflects the collective efforts of the Government of Pakistan, the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC), and Karachi’s industrial community, whose continued support has helped foster a stable and conducive business environment for investment and economic growth,” said KE Chief Executive Officer Syed Muhammad Taha.

“Karachi remains central to Pakistan’s industrial and commercial progress. KE has provided industries with loadshed-exempted power supply since 2013, and we are committed to continuing our role in powering that growth through reliable and sustainable power.”

KE’s industrial feeders serve a wide variety of manufacturing and industrial units stretching across various zones that deploy 100% smart meters, enabling the businesses to monitor consumption on a real-time basis.

The highest consumption remained in the B3 category – industries deploying power between 501-5,000kW – that consists of units in the cement, steel, and textile sectors among others.

On a monthly basis, the highest industrial consumption was in the month of June 2026, followed by April 2026.

The highest yearly number was previously registered in FY22 when industrial consumption on grid stood at 5.84 billion units in tandem with GDP growth that also crossed 6% that fiscal year.

Since FY22, industrial consumption had remained moderate amid economic headwinds, but FY26 saw a substantial 20% year-on-year increase after 5.04 billion units were consumed in FY25. With the government’s incentive to move industries from captive to on-grid power, and rebound in GDP growth, industrial consumption has seen an increase. KE also energised 349 new industrial connections while another 273 cases expanded their load, cumulatively adding 168MW of demand to the grid.

It is worth noting that industrial feeders/segment have had far better recovery rates across all customer categories, underscoring the importance of timely bill payments as one of the most important reasons behind loadshed exemption. KE understands that industries desire uninterrupted and reliable power supply. Despite constraints, the utility will continue to strive to ensure Karachi’s economic engine keeps running.

Record industrial consumption electricity in Karachi despite solar boom though Karachi factories complain of lack of space. So that bring to my other point. Karachi will never have proper solar boom either in industrial areas or residential. Hence why cheaper grid electricity will continue to be very important for economic growth.

Hopefully grid electricity cost will be halved by 2030 to accelerate Karachi growth.

 

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The evidence is there, the videos show secondary explosion. EU diplomats are not retards to believe in reports blindly. Stop simping for terrorists, you sound desperate.

Listen to what top UK diplomat is saying

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Amnesty International is regarded as a credible organization in the EU system and all over the world. Pakistan's Foreign Office itself has cited their reports on India and Afghanistan. If they didn't matter, the Foreign Office would not have been protesting so loudly about it and Dawn would not have published a lead story on it. Like it or not, Pakistan exports rely on the good graces of EU/EC and them having a favourable opinion of Pakistan's human rights record in order to retain GSP+ status and organizations like Amnesty International , Human Rights Watch , etc have substantial inputs in that determination.