--- title: "Experts urge strengthening of DISCOS before expanding competitive power market" description: "Most outlets led with the call from experts for strengthening the foundational systems of power distribution companies (DISCOS) before expanding the Competitive Tariff-Based Competitive Market (CTBCM). The Associated Press of Pakistan also mentioned the SDPI's unveiling of a wheeling auction sandbox, while The Nation focused solely on the expert recommendations without referencing the sandbox initiative." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/6363-experts-call-for-strengthening-foundational-systems site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Experts urge strengthening of DISCOS before expanding competitive power market business · latest filing 4 Sep 2026, 7:17 AM PKT · 3–4 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the call from experts for strengthening the foundational systems of power distribution companies (DISCOS) before expanding the Competitive Tariff-Based Competitive Market (CTBCM). The Associated Press of Pakistan also mentioned the SDPI's unveiling of a wheeling auction sandbox, while The Nation focused solely on the expert recommendations without referencing the sandbox initiative. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **The Nation** — [Experts call for strengthening foundational systems of Discos before expanding CTBCM](https://www.nation.com.pk/04-Sep-2026/experts-call-strengthening-foundational-systems-discos-expanding-ctbcm) · 4 Sep 2026, 7:17 AM PKT > ISLAMABAD - The experts among regulators, researchers and industry stakeholders on Thursday called for strengthening the foundational systems of power distribution companies (DISCOS) before expanding the Competitive Trading Bilateral Contracts Market (CTBCM). - **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [Experts call for disco reforms before full roll out of competitive power market, as SDPI unveils wheeling auction sandbox](https://www.app.com.pk/national/experts-call-for-disco-reforms-before-full-roll-out-of-competitive-power-market-as-sdpi-unveils-wheeling-auction-sandbox/) · 3 Sep 2026, 8:42 PM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD, Sep 03 (APP):The experts among regulators, researchers and industry stakeholders on Thursday called for strengthening the foundational systems of power distribution companies (DISCOS) before expanding the Competitive Trading Bilateral Contracts Market (CTBCM). These recommendations came during the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)’s Network for Clean Energy Transition (... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Prime Minister Directs Strategy to Attract Investors for DISCOs Privatisation](https://harzaviya.com/stories/1925-pm-shehbaz-directs-adoption-of-comprehensive-strategy) · 6 Aug 2026 · 8 outlets · 71% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 3–4 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.