Shared my professional journey, mission of our company Interloop and my views about, businesses, amazing youth of our country & Pakistan in general - 4th edition of Leaders at LUMS. Visit the link for complete session: youtu.be/tOwN885CITk @Leadersatlums @LifeAtLUMS

This #WorldCottonDay, we’re looking at cotton from the farm onwards. Interloop’s Regen and Organic Kapas focus on how it is grown, while Looptrace links 43,000 farmers to the supply chain for greater visibility from the source. #InterloopKapas #Traceability

“A country does not become capital-rich by accumulating valuable land. Instead, it becomes capital-rich when yesterday’s savings can keep financing tomorrow’s assets, and continue generating more output and income. This is effectively the difference between saving in plots and building an economy.” An interesting piece by Ammar Khan @rogueonomist WHY PAKISTAN SAVES IN PLOTS dawn.com/news/2033860

What is the economic logic of selling PKR 1683 per MMBtu Gas for PKR 5000+ to the Industrial sector. @MusadaqZ @mukhtarkhurram

We have won the Sustainability Award - Four Pillar Excellence from @GCNP_Pakistan. Recognising how Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-Corruption are put into practice across our operations. @globalcompact

Congratulations to Interloop Limited on winning 1𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 in the Large Category of the Sustainability Award: Four Pillars Excellence at the 𝐆𝐂𝐍𝐏 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 2026! 🏆

An excellent piece by Dr @nadeemhaque Bankers, accountants, and some economists still regard exchange rate as a policy variable Each (Ruppee correction) episode gets diagnosed as a currency problem. It is not. It is a reform problem, and the rupee is only the messenger. The question was never whether another “devaluation” is coming. It is whether we reform before markets force the next adjustment on us anyway. Devaluation Is a Colonial Word. Modern Economics Moved On. Pakistan Did Not. nadeemulhaque.substack.com/p…

Pakistan’s Brilliant Record in Hockey before we gave up on Hockey World Cup Winner — 4 times Pakistan remains the most successful nation in men’s World Cup history, with four titles: 1971, 1978, 1982, 1994 & runner-up in 1975 & 1990 Olympic Games — 8 medals Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Asian Games — 14 medals including 8 Gold Asia Cup — 3 titles & 3 runners up

More than 1,000 girls have taken part in sport through @InterloopLtd partnership with the @KAFPakistan. We’re extending that partnership so more girls can play, compete and keep playing. #ShePlaysSheWins #GirlsInSport

More than 1,000 girls have taken part in sport through our partnership with the @KAFPakistan. We’re extending that partnership so more girls can play, compete and keep playing. #ShePlaysSheWins #GirlsInSport

Honourable and Respected Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Sahib, @PakPMO, 1. With utmost respect, there should be one industrial gas sale price, the section 8 price set at OGRA’s prescribed price, to protect exports, investment and employment. 2. SNGPL’s FY2025-26 FRR petition puts its average prescribed price at Rs 1,683/MMBtu (about US$6), before OGRA’s scrutiny. That already includes about Rs 120.5 billion of RLNG diverted mainly to winter household demand, about 16 cargoes. 3. Yet the effective captive price was Rs 5,523/MMBtu in May and Rs 5,247/MMBtu in June, 3.3 and 3.1 times that prescribed price. (Slides attached as a ready reference.) 4. The levy is punitive by design. Under section 4 of the Off the Grid (Captive Power Plants) Levy Act, 2025, it is benchmarked to the NEPRA B3 industrial tariff, and the statutory margin rises from 5% to 10%, then 15%, and now 20%. 5. That electricity B3 tariff comes from a grid in a utility death spiral. Solar has cut daytime sales, so fixed costs fall on fewer units - tariff keeps rising. It is already loaded with high fixed costs, losses and cross-subsidies, and is regionally uncompetitive before the margin is applied. 6. The Captive levy fails on its own arithmetics. Corrected inputs to Levy Act’s formula produce no positive differential from February 2025 to February 2026 i.e. the levy should be zero. The notified rate is an artificial recovery. (See attached Infographics) 7. The grid’s reliability indices are high: SAIFI, frequency of failure, and SAIDI, the duration, are both high. Even when supply is available, industry is exposed to voltage dips, swells and harmonics. 8. Sir, process and captive take gas from the same network and cost the same to serve. Two industrial gas tariff cannot be justified. 9. Industry’s captive gas engine, in single cycle, follows the load and picks up the evening ramp in minutes, so a large, expensive BESS is not required. Gas is the transition fuel that lets industry integrate renewables and meet climate tests such as CBAM. 10. In cogeneration, up to 70-80% energy utilization, and line losses are negligible. Grid electricity carries 20–25% AT&C losses and still needs a separate boiler. For details, please see the note of 6 September 2026: x.com/AsimRiaz1978/status/20… 11. The captive levy is not set by OGRA’s cost of service, or by gas-market fundamentals for TPA gas. It is set off the power-sector tariff, and the statutory margin is now 20%. 12. Raising the gas price starts a volume-price spiral on the gas network, as we witness in the FRRs of both SNGPL and SSGC. Lost sales push the gas price up, and the higher price drives away more sales. Significant captive load did not move to the grid. It shut down or moved away from both the gas and power grid. 13. The load that did move to the grid was forced across by a punitive industrial gas tariff. It was not new demand. A policy meant to shift demand from gas to the electric grid has extinguished demand rather than shifted it. Prayers: Two decisions are respectfully sought. 1. One industrial sale price under section 8 of the OGRA Ordinance, 2002, for process and captive use alike, at about Rs 1,700/MMBtu. Sir, this is OGRA’s prescribed price. It already includes the RLNG diversion. It is not a subsidy to industry. 2. Withdrawal of the levy under section 3 of the Off the Grid (Captive Power Plants) Levy Act, 2025. It is not a cost of gas. Under section 5, the proceeds go to reducing power tariffs, so the levy places a power-sector cost on industrial gas. Industry should pay for the energy it consumes, not for the inefficiencies of the Gas and Power Sector. Respectfully submitted for your kind consideration. A time-bound decision is sought. @AliPervaiz450 @Financegovpk @betterpakistan @sifcpakistan @jam_kamal @Gohar_Ejaz1 @BilalAKayani @Rashidlangrial @81ShahbazRana @SkmMustafa @KhaleeqKiani @MusadaqZ @shahzadsaleem @mukhtarkhurram @nadeemhaque @AliKhizar @Asad_Ashah

3.5 MW of new solar takes Interloop’s total capacity to 21 MW. Over the past year, these installations helped avoid 7,450 tonnes of CO₂ emissions. #RenewableEnergy

With 780 differently-abled colleagues across our teams, being able to connect matters every day. This #InternationalSignLanguagesDay, supervisors joined @connect_hear sign language sessions to make everyday communication easier. #Inclusion #Interloop

Interloop has produced Alzheimer Socks since 2015, helping raise €4M+ for research at @amsterdamumc. This #WorldAlzheimersDay, that support continues to help understand Alzheimer's better and detect it earlier. #AlzheimerSocks #Interloop

Spot on

We must demand performance evaluation of our public sector. However at the same time we have to do whatever we can for our country & its people شکوۂ ظلمت شب سے تو کہیں بہتر تھا اپنے حصے کی کوئی شمع جلاتے جاتے

By the grace of Allah @InterloopLtd just opened 40th @TCFPak school - providing thousands of Pakistani children access to quality education & transforming lives

A thoughtful initiative by @KashfFoundation. Women’s economic empowerment becomes more sustainable with access to affordable healthcare. Protecting health is indeed protecting livelihoods and the economic gains women work so hard to build. Well done! @RoshanehZafar