EV Charging Stations in Karachi: Price List (2026)

3 August 2026 · 6 min read · ChargePK Blog

Karachi has 16 public EV charging points on the ChargePK live map. Nine publish a fixed rate per kWh and six more post a variable band. Here is every published rate in the city, what a real charge actually costs, and how it compares with plugging in at home.

The Karachi price list

These are live ChargePK figures as of August 2026, sorted cheapest first. All rates are per kWh — you pay for the energy delivered, not the time plugged in.

Six more stations charge variable rates — roughly PKR 40–160 per kWh depending on the gun and time of day: Dolmen Mall Clifton (22 kW), The Ocean Mall (30 kW), Metro Safari Store (30 kW), North Karachi Industrial 12-D (240 kW), North Nazimabad KDA (120 kW) and GO Petroleum Libra Autos (50 kW). Their current rates show on each station's listing in the Karachi directory.

The pattern is tight. Every published DC rate in the city sits between PKR 101 and PKR 120 — the same band most public DC chargers across Pakistan occupy, where prices cluster at PKR 100–130 per kWh.

How Karachi prices compare to home charging

Home charging on a domestic tariff costs roughly PKR 40–65 per kWh, depending on your slab. Set that against PKR 101–120 at Karachi's DC stations and the maths is blunt: public fast charging costs roughly two to three times the home rate per unit.

That is not a reason to avoid public chargers. It is a reason to use them the way they are meant to be used — for top-ups mid-journey and days when you cannot reach a socket, while the bulk of your charging happens overnight at home. The full national breakdown is in our Pakistan charging cost guide.

What a real charge costs: BYD Atto 3

Take the BYD Atto 3 — 49.92 kWh of usable battery, roughly 410 km of range. A typical DC session takes you from 10% to 80%, which is about 35 kWh.

The home figure includes roughly 10% charging losses — you draw a little more from the wall than lands in the battery. Even so, a full 410 km costs less at home than 287 km does at a fast charger. The gap is the price of speed, and on a Karachi-to-Hyderabad run it is a price worth paying.

DC vs AC in Karachi

Karachi's rates run against expectations. The cheapest fixed rate in the city is a DC fast charger — Gulistan-e-Johar at PKR 101 — while the highest is a 7 kW AC unit, the BMW destination point at Hascol, at PKR 150. The other AC charger, DOHS Phase 1, posts PKR 120, matched only by PSO Gora Qabristan among the DC sites.

Published DC sits in a narrow band: seven stations between PKR 101 and PKR 120. At 7 kW, AC adds range slowly — so at these prices the fast chargers are not just quicker, they are also no dearer per unit.

The practical read: in Karachi, DC is the default. At 7 kW an AC charger adds range slowly — useful over a long lunch or an overnight stay, poor value as a primary charge. If you want the timings behind that, see how long EV charging takes in Pakistan.

How to pay and what to expect

Billing at published-rate sites is per kWh, measured on energy delivered — you pay for units, not minutes.

• Payment varies by operator. Some take cash, some card, some run their own app. Check the station's listing in ChargePK before you drive out.
• Most fixed-rate fast chargers sit at fuel stations and showrooms. Shell, Bilal, PSO, Hascol and Inverex host six of the nine published-rate sites between them.
• The variable-rate sites are worth a second look before plugging in. Dolmen Clifton, Ocean Mall and Metro Safari post PKR 40–160 depending on the gun and time — the live rate shows on each station's listing.
• Confirm the station is live before a long drive. The map shows current status, connector types and prices — worth thirty seconds before committing to DHA at rush hour.

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