{
  "id": 1486764,
  "title": "Pakistan’s solar boom drives sharp fall in power demand",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/pakistans-solar-boom-drives-sharp-fall-in-power-demand",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T12:41:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1539684/pakistans-solar-boom-drives-sharp-fall-in-power-demand/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Pakistan’s rapid shift toward solar energy is reducing electricity demand and sales, creating growing financial pressure on the national power system as consumers generate more of their own electricity. National electricity demand fell 8.66% year-on-year during the April-June quarter, while sales by distribution companies declined by around 10%. Lower sales mean fixed generation costs and […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}