Pakistan, June 3 -- Around two million single-phase electricity consumers in Pakistan have registered under a QR code system launched to verify subsidy eligibility.

According to Ministry of Energy's official documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the number of protected consumers has increased from 9.5 million in FY2022 to 21.5 million in 2026, while subsidized residential consumers now total 29.57 million, representing 86 percent of total residential users.

The annual subsidy for protected consumers rose from Rs199 billion in FY2022 to Rs423 billion in FY2025-26.

The document put the combined residential and agricultural subsidy at Rs527 billion, including Rs249 billion funded by the government and Rs278 billion provided through cr...