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Data card: An electric bike with a 125's power costs Rs290,000, with the 20-litre fuel quota covering about 900 km before subsidised petrol runs out, Rs173 to charge 2.88 kWh for 110 km against about Rs779 of subsidised petrol, and 8 percent of the battery's rated cycle life under warranty

An Electric Bike With a 125’s Power Costs Rs290,000. The Fuel Subsidy Does Not Cover It.

Roughly a quarter of the running cost of a petrol 125, even against subsidised fuel. The battery warranty covers about 8% of the cells' rated life.
23 Sep
Data card: Six of seven LNG cargoes did not arrive, with Rs1.73 per unit sought from consumers as a fuel cost adjustment, RLNG generation at Rs45.93 a unit, furnace oil up 49 percent month-on-month and demand up 5.1 percent

Six of Seven LNG Cargoes Did Not Arrive. Consumers Are Paying Rs1.73 a Unit for It.

Furnace oil generation rose 49% in a month. Buried underneath is the year's best power-sector news: industry is coming back to the grid.
22 Sep
Data card: Car sales rose 11 percent and fell 21 percent in the same month at 15,558 units, with two- and three-wheelers up 20 percent at 178,119 units, 91.9 percent of the market taken by three firms, and no NEV figures published

Car Sales Rose 11% and Fell 21% in the Same Month. Both Numbers Are True.

The industry blames NEV competition but publishes no NEV figures. If new energy vehicles are taking share, an 18-to-1 tax gap is why.
16 Sep
Data card: Pakistan's hybrid car tax has had three rates in 75 days, moving from 8 to 13 percent before 30 June to 25 percent from 1 July to 18 percent from 13 September, eighteen times the 1 percent rate new energy vehicles pay

Pakistan’s Hybrid Car Tax Has Had Three Rates in 75 Days. Nobody Builds a Plant on That.

The cut to 18% is sensible and the localisation condition is the right one. A locally built hybrid still pays eighteen times what a new energy vehicle pays.
15 Sep
Data card: Textile exports fell 12.71 percent in August to $1.60 billion, but FY2025-26 added only $60 million on a base of nearly $18 billion, with the July-August pace running 13.9 percent above the FY26 average

Textile Exports Fell 12.71% in August. The Number That Matters Is 0.34%.

FY2025-26 added $60 million on an $18 billion base. But July-August is running 13.9% above last year's monthly pace.
10 Sep
Data card: SNGPL is owed Rs173.7 billion by power plants, 78.7 percent of it by state-owned plants, including Rs34.2 billion in late-payment surcharge and Rs35.2 billion from Guddu Power

SNGPL Is Owed Rs173.7 Billion. Rs34 Billion of It Is Penalties for Not Paying the Rest.

Nearly four-fifths of the arrears are owed by state-owned plants, and in the one category broken down by charge type the penalty exceeds the principal.
8 Sep

New initiative to facilitate safer evacuation of injured Baltoro porters

8 Sep
Data card: Pakistan is planning an Oil City at Hub in Balochistan with an offshore single point mooring, two pipelines to Kemari and Port Qasim and bonded storage, on land previously allocated to Parco for a refinery never built

Pakistan Wants an Oil City at Hub. The Land Has Been Empty Since the Last Plan.

Pakistan is planning an Oil City at Hub with an offshore single point mooring, pipelines to Kemari and Port Qasim, and bonded storage. A feasibility study is due within two months.
4 Sep
Data card: Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan signed 17 documents targeting $200 million in bilateral trade within two years, up from about $16 million, including a transit agreement making Karachi a gateway for landlocked Kyrgyz cargo

Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan Want $200 Million in Trade. They Currently Do $16 Million.

Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan have signed 17 documents targeting $200 million in trade within two years, from a base of about $16 million. The transit agreement is the substantive part.
3 Sep

Eden by Eighteen — Where Nature Draws the First Line

2 Sep
Data card: Pakistan Railways has signed a freight agreement with RZD Logistics for container trains to Russia and Central Asia via Karachi, Faisalabad and Moscow, but the pilot train is delayed by the regional conflict

Pakistan Signed a Freight Rail Deal With Russia. The Pilot Train Cannot Run Yet.

Pakistan Railways has signed a freight agreement with RZD Logistics for container trains to Russia and Central Asia. The pilot has been delayed by the regional conflict.
2 Sep
Data card: a delayed LNG cargo removed about 4,000 megawatts from Pakistan generation capacity, forcing overnight load management three months after the government declared load-shedding over

One Late LNG Cargo Took 4,000MW Off the Grid. Load-Shedding Was Declared Over in June.

A delayed LNG cargo removed about 4,000MW from Pakistan's grid, forcing overnight load management three months after the government declared load-shedding over.
1 Sep

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