Published on, Sept. 28 -- September 28, 2025 3:31 PM

Allegations of massive irregularities have surfaced in the Sindh Solar Energy Project (SSEP), the flagship initiative of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which was launched with World Bank funding of Rs28 billion. Documents suggest that the Sindh government contracted with a foreign company at $151 per solar kit, despite import records showing their actual value was under $50 per unit.

The first phase of the project aimed to provide 200,000 solar home systems to low-income households, with each unit including a solar panel, battery, LED bulbs, and a DC fan. However, evidence indicates that while documents showed imported solar DC fans, the fans distributed were actually manufactured ...