These are nervous times for investors in Pakistan’s power sector, which has attracted around $3 billion since 1994. Allegations that agreed tariffs were set too high and that several of the 18 independent power projects (IPP) that have achieved financial closure involved illegal gifts to members of Benazir Bhutto’s government have prompted Nawaz Sharif’s administration, which took office in February, to scrutinize terms and conditions.
Claims that sponsors, many foreign, are making exorbitant profits and a prediction by the new minister for water and power, Chaudhry Nisar, of looming overcapacity have added to the sense of urgency.
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