Chinese firm wins $11.7m SEPCO contract

The Express Tribune reported that Jiangsu Ankura Intelligent Electric, a Chinese company, has won an $11.728 million contract tied to a power project funded by the Asian Development Bank. Signed on February 4, 2026, the deal covers raising the voltage of four grid stations of the Sukkur Electric Power Company in Sindh from 66kV to 132kV. Those stations sit at Radhan, Thari Mir Wah, Nara-II and Padidan, and the work falls under package SEPCO-EPC-001.

Project documents show the contract value is split between $6.612 million and Rs1,432.444 million. This upgrade is one part of a larger Sepco investment plan financed through ADB Loan No 4567-PAK, which totals $40 million. Work has already begun, and an advance covering the foreign-currency share has been paid, while letter of credit handling, design reviews and soil surveys are still under way.

The wider ADB-funded programme also includes 1,200 Advanced Power Management System units to be procured, an Advanced Metering Infrastructure project for 50,000 units, and the splitting of 40 11kV feeders. The programme also funds consultancy for the grid-station component and for the metering, management system and feeder projects. The conversion is expected to add capacity and reliability as Sepco pushes ahead with a broader modernisation of its grid and distribution network.