Monitoring Report

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Higher industrial consumption and tariff changes drive surge in grid demand

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Discos report transformer, 132kV wire theft; Rs800 million PESCO spending and Haripur grid plan under scrutiny

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Total 55,545 posts abolished or placed under phased elimination as part of its ongoing rightsizing initiative 

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22-member board headed by Omer Saeed includes secretaries of finance, commerce, national food security and industries, chief executive TDAP, executive director EDF; remaining members represent Style Textile, Interloop, Artistic Milliners, Nishat Mills, Novatex, Verdora Ventures and Systems Limited

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Islamabad seeks zero-duty access for garment exports made from US cotton

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Lawmakers call for privatisation of SNGPL and SSGC as UFG losses near 30 BCF each and combined annual losses cross Rs 60 billion, warning burden passed to consumers

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10% freight adjustment allowed for land route imports; new values imposed on imports from China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Thailand 

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70 million fall below the poverty line of Rs8,484; rural poverty climbs to 36.2%, urban poverty reaches 17.4%; real household income drops 12% in seven years

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Rs2.25 billion allocated under Lahore Air Improvement Framework; real-time pollution tracking and 50+ air monitors rolled out across province

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Global players including Starlink, OneWeb and Amazon Kuiper await licensing, while experts warn delays are limiting rural broadband and IoT expansion.

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Out of 16,082 registered branches, 12,851 marked disconnected despite integration of 11,141 retailers by February 2026

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Authorities urge citizens to verify charities via Punjab Charity Commission; funding proscribed groups punishable under Anti-Terrorism Act