Pakistan seeks power jolt in coal
1,392 views · Published 9 February 2014 · 2:27 · Indexed 8 November 2026
Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics
Pakistan is planning to generate 6,000 megawatts of electricity from coal-based power plants, but it lacks the resources to upgrade its mining industry. The coal-rich mountains of Balochistan province have hundreds of millions of tonnes of coal, but 70 percent of it remains untapped. Pakistan's coal industry is struggling with decades-old methods of extraction, limited investment, poor infrastructure and unsafe working conditions. Al Jazeera's Osama Bin Javaid reports from a remote mine in Balochistan.
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