Okay-Electrical, Pakistan’s sole vertically built-in energy utility, has appointed Syed Taha as its new Chief Government Officer, efficient April 15, 2026. He succeeds Adeeb Ahmad, who had been serving as interim CEO since mid-February.
The announcement was made by a letter submitted to the Pakistan Inventory Change on March 24 by Rizwan Pesnani, Okay-Electrical’s Chief Threat Officer and Firm Secretary.
Taha has been main Pakistan State Oil (PSO), the nation’s largest oil advertising and marketing firm, as Managing Director and CEO since February 2020. Previous to that, he was Government Director at Oasis Power, overseeing the Program Administration Workplace of Port Harcourt Electrical energy Distribution Firm in Nigeria.
Taha additionally beforehand served as Okay-Electrical’s Chief Distribution Officer, making this a return to the corporate he is aware of effectively. He holds an engineering diploma and an MBA in Finance from the Institute of Enterprise Administration, Karachi.
His appointment concludes a turbulent interval for Okay-Electrical’s management. In February 2026, long-serving CEO Syed Moonis Abdullah Alvi resigned after almost eight years within the position and 18 years with the corporate. His departure adopted Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori’s choice to overturn a provincial ombudsman’s order looking for Alvi’s removing over office harassment allegations.
The corporate additionally restructured its board in March, appointing Shaheryar Chishty, founding father of AsiaPak Investments and a former senior funding banker at Citigroup and Nomura, as appearing chairman throughout Mark Skelton’s absence.
Serving over 3.7 million clients throughout Karachi and components of Sindh and Balochistan, Okay-Electrical generates roughly 1,875 MW from its personal vegetation and attracts a further 1,680 MW from exterior producers, together with 1,100 MW from the nationwide grid.
KES Energy, a consortium together with Al-Jomaih Energy Restricted (Saudi Arabia), Nationwide Industries Group (Kuwait), and the Infrastructure and Progress Capital Fund, holds 66.4% of the corporate, whereas the federal authorities retains a 24.36% minority stake.
Taha takes cost at a time when Okay-Electrical faces infrastructure challenges, regulatory scrutiny, and long-standing buyer issues over service reliability and billing in Karachi.
