Pakistan's rooftop solar generation will, for the first time, exceed power demand on the country's electrical grid during daytime hours in some major industrial regions next year, a senior government official told Reuters.

The outlook reflects a record boom in the country's solar panel installations in recent years that has delivered lower emissions and reduced power bills for some, but also disrupted the finances of debt-laden utilities due to a protracted decline in demand for grid-based electricity.

"Pakistan will experience negative grid-linked demand during certain daytime hours because behind-the-meter solar is offsetting grid consumption completely," Aisha Moriani, secretary of Pakistan's climate change ministry, told Reuters on the sidelines of the COP30 climate conference in Bra

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