Pakistan must pursue its indigenous coal objective for its long-term strategic energy security. The utilisation of the massive lignite reserves of 175.5 billion tonnes, the world’s sixth largest and equivalent to combined oil reserves of Iran and Saudi Arabia, found in Sindh’s Thar region in place of the expensive, imported fuels — coal, furnace oil, and RLNG (re-gasified liquefied natural gas) — for electricity generation is crucial to Pakistan’s economic ambition to achieve higher growth, boost exports and create new jobs through industrialisation. Besides, the displacement of imported fuels with…
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