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95              <div class="nfh-tag">Latest Story · 14 May 2026 · Business Recorder</div>
96              <h2>Pakistan at energy crossroads</h2>
97              <p>Muqaddas Ashiq &amp; Rimsha Rehan on how the US-Israel war's energy shock is testing Pakistan's grid
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109                <div class="ng3-tag">Solar Policy · Feb 2026</div>
110                <h4>Net Metering: Who Pays the Price for Pakistan's New Solar Regime?</h4>
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118                <div class="ng3-tag">Investigation · Oct 2025</div>
119                <h4>Sahiwal's Megawatts of Betrayal: Coal's Broken Promises</h4>
120                <div class="ng3-date">October 2025</div>
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128                <h4>Study Finds 33GW of Solar Panels Already Installed Nationwide</h4>
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136                <div class="ng3-tag">Research · Oct 2025</div>
137                <h4>Pakistan Is Experiencing an Unprecedented Solarisation of Its Energy Sector</h4>
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148                <h4>Shedding Light on Pakistan's Distributed Solar Revolution</h4>
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156                <h4>Climate Justice: Holding the Greenhouse Elite Accountable</h4>
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163                <div class="ng3-tag">Analysis · 2023</div>
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165                <div class="ng3-date">1 Jan 2023 · The News</div>
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171                <div class="ng3-tag">Opinion · 2023</div>
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173                <div class="ng3-date">1 Jan 2023 · The News</div>
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179                <div class="ng3-tag">Investigation · 2022</div>
180                <h4>Coalmining in Thar Spells Disaster For Locals</h4>
181                <div class="ng3-date">23 Mar 2022 · The Friday Times</div>
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187                <div class="ng3-tag">Analysis · 2022</div>
188                <h4>Thermal Power in Times of Stagflation</h4>
189                <div class="ng3-date">2022</div>
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195                <div class="ng3-tag">Opinion · 2022</div>
196                <h4>Letting Go of Coal</h4>
197                <div class="ng3-date">2022</div>
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203                <div class="ng3-tag">Opinion · 2022</div>
204                <h4>Is Pakistan Really Phasing Out Coal?</h4>
205                <div class="ng3-date">18 Jan 2021 · The Third Pole</div>
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211                <div class="ng3-tag">Analysis · 2021</div>
212                <h4>The Paradox of Energy Transition</h4>
213                <div class="ng3-date">6 Jul 2021 · The Daily Times</div>
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219                <div class="ng3-tag">Analysis · 2022</div>
220                <h4>Pakistan and Energy Transition</h4>
221                <div class="ng3-date">May 2022</div>
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227                <div class="ng3-tag">Renewable Energy · 2022</div>
228                <h4>Reduced Ambitions for Renewable Energy</h4>
229                <div class="ng3-date">May 2022</div>
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235                <div class="ng3-tag">Analysis · 2022</div>
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237                <div class="ng3-date">May 2022</div>
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243                <div class="ng3-tag">Investigation · 2022</div>
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251                <div class="ng3-tag">Analysis · 2022</div>
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253                <div class="ng3-date">May 2022</div>
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259                <div class="ng3-tag">Solar Policy · 2022</div>
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