Pakistan, July 11 -- ISLAMABAD - Federal Energy Minister Owais Leghari has renewed efforts to convince the federal cabinet to end provincial taxes on electricity bills and limit profits from solar net metering, despite opposition from provincial governments. He plans to present a revised plan within one to two weeks that would extend the current one to one-and-a-half-year return on investment period to two to three years.

Leghari also shared that the cabinet has received new rules related to wheeling charges, marking a key step toward implementing a competitive electricity trading system. Meanwhile, the government is considering supplying 5,000 to 6,000 megawatts of additional cheap electricity to industries such as data centers and cryp...