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Coal – Pakistan

Mubashir Mahmood — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:32:00 +0000

Coal is found in seams underground. In our mines, these seams are usually less than one meter thick which makes mining very difficult. Coal-mining in this region started in 1887.In Pakistan, coal is mined in the salt Range, around Quetta, and in Lower send from where it is transported by rail to wherever it is needed. Fifty per cent of Pakistan’s coal is the lower Sindh coalfields which include Meting-Jhimpir, Lakhra and Sonda Thatta. Very large coal reserves have been discovered in Thar that have yet to be exploited. Pakistan has coal reserves of about 185 billion tons. In 2005-06

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TharPak Energy Project

Guest Writer — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:25:14 +0000

It is an optimistic approach of US to initiate the TharPak energy project in a situation when country is facing grave energy crisis. More importantly, while US is pressurizing Pakistan to reject the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline, this might prove to be strong alternative for US to claim their stance. According to Pakistan Security Report 2011, the security situation in Pakistan is improving as compared to the previous years. This offers unique opportunity for Pakistan to invite not only US but companies from different countries to exploit the reserves of 175 billion tons of coal. As the initial phase of the

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