Pakistan has 62 power plants in this atlas, with 21,455 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Tarbela (3,478 MW, hydro; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are oil, gas and hydro. Grid operators listed here include Independent System and Market Operator. Electricity is regulated by NEPRA. Renewables supplied 37.2% of its electricity in 2024.
Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.
Grid operators and electricity market in Pakistan
Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators
Gas, oil, hydro, nuclear, coal and solar supply power; a competitive trading arrangement is being introduced.
State-owned NTDC runs transmission; the Independent System and Market Operator (ISMO) dispatches and is building a wholesale market; CPPA-G buys power; regional DISCOs and K-Electric distribute.
Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.
What does “Single buyer” mean?
Independent power producers build plants and sell their output under long-term contracts to one designated state buyer, usually the national utility, which runs the grid and sells to consumers.
References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.
Pakistan is in Southern Asia. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.
Capital
Islamabad
Languages
English, Urdu
Region
Southern Asia
Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.
The source inventory contains 62 records for Pakistan. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.
Inventory coverage
62 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 62 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
