Eleven Thousand Cleared Solar Cases and the Remainder Still Waiting

On 6 September 2026 ProPakistani reported that the federal government had cleared 11,695 pending net-metering applications on instructions from Power Minister Awais Leghari, out of 16,654 cases pending during the transition to net billing. PITC began contacting cleared applicants through text and WhatsApp, warning them not to pay intermediaries. Verification continued for the remaining 4,959 applications. Clearing two-thirds quickly while holding one-third for verification is a reasonable administrative posture if criteria are public. The episode also shows that net billing’s birth required operational triage, not only regulatory drafting.