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  "id": 3997497,
  "title": "10 of 12 parties prequalified for Fesco privatisation, K-Electric withdraws",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/10-of-12-parties-prequalified-for-fesco-privatisation-k-electric",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-28T16:44:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn Business",
    "slug": "dawn-business",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2025776/10-of-12-parties-prequalified-for-fesco-privatisation-k-electric-withdraws"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission Board on Friday approved the prequalification of 10 out of 12 interested parties (IPs) for the sale of Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco), after K-Electric (KE) withdrew its papers and a lone Chinese firm failed to demonstrate sufficient interest in the competition. The development came after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed the relevant…",
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        "title": "10 of 12 parties prequalified for Fesco privatisation, K-Electric withdraws",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/10-of-12-parties-prequalified-for-fesco-privatisation-k-electric-4013263",
        "published": "2026-08-28T16:44:18.000Z"
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  "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."
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