Running on Sunshine: Pakistan’s Solar Boom to Tide over Middle East Energy Crisis

Pakistan's solar boom is helping it save billions during the ongoing energy crisis

Over the past few years, Pakistan has adopted solar power at unprecedented rates. That's helping cushion it from the effects of the war in Iran.

Running on Sunshine: Pakistan’s Solar Boom to Tide Over Middle East Energy Crisis

The Sindh government has started distributing solar home systems to 200,000 low-income households under the Sindh Solar Energy Project to improve electricity access. Credit: Sindh People’s Housing for Flood AffecteesBy Zofeen EbrahimKARACHI, Pakistan, Mar 20 2026 (IPS) Energy expert Vaqar Zakaria believes solar power makes “excellent economic sense” – and he lives by it. For over five years, his rooftop panels have slashed his bills, sometimes t…

Pakistan's Solar Boom To Tide Over Middle East Energy Crisis

The Sindh government has started distributing solar home systems to 200,000 low-income households under the Sindh Solar Energy Project to improve electricity access. — Sindh People’s Housing for Flood Affectees Energy expert Vaqar Zakaria believes solar power makes “excellent economic sense” — and he lives by it. For over five years, his rooftop panels have slashed his bills, sometimes to zero, even allowing him to sell surplus electricity back …

Pakistan’s solar boom is bigger than official data shows

Pakistan’s Renewables First has explored the implications of a lack of official data collection from the country’s distributed solar market segment, which is estimated to have reached over 24 GW of installed capacity by the middle of last year.Pakistan’s energy transition is being mismeasured due to uncounted distributed solar deployments, in turn leading to continued dependency on fossil fuels, according to research from Islamabad-based think t…