Punjab
Often referred to as the 'Manchester of Pakistan' for its textile industry, Faisalabad is a major center of manufacturing and export-oriented production. Energy reliability and input costs — including the fuel and power issues covered elsewhere on this site — have an outsized effect on the city's industrial base.
Pakistan's energy sector owes a staggering amount of money to itself. Here's how circular debt actually works, why it keeps growing, and what breaking the cycle would take.
BBP Energy Desk · September 8, 2026 · 4 min
Pakistan's economy has cycled through balance-of-payments crises for decades. Overseas remittances have become a critical buffer — but they're not a substitute for structural reform.
BBP Economy Desk · August 27, 2026 · 4 min
Pakistan has added significant power generation capacity over the past decade. So why do scheduled outages remain a fact of daily life in much of the country?
BBP Energy Desk · August 22, 2026 · 4 min
We don't yet have a dedicated Faisalabad reporting desk — the articles above are our national coverage most relevant to the city. Have a Faisalabad story we should be covering? Let us know.