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Byline: USAMA GHULAM RASOOL

Coal is an important source of energy and it has 40% share in power generation worldwide. Hence, I would like to appreciate the government's decision to generate electricity from local coal instead of imported coal. Currently, only 660MWs is being generated from Thar coal while government also plans to generate 3,960 MWs of electricity by converting imported coal plant into local coal. Therefore, this is a prudent decision considering the all-time high cost (up to $400 per metric ton) of imported coal and its pressure on our foreign exchange reserves.

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