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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Pakistan to Produce Natural Gas - By Burning Underground Coal

Pakistan to Produce Natural Gas - By Burning Underground Coal

As 2011 draws to a close, consider the miserable plight of the average Pakistani electricity consumer.

With about 50 per cent less electricity generation capability than the actual demand, Pakistan’s National Grid is facing more than a 5,000-megawatt shortfall in power generation, leading to blackouts in both urban and rural areas of the country. Due to unscheduled shortages by the National Power Control Center, urban areas are facing unscheduled minimum 8-hour power blackouts each day, while in rural areas the blackouts can last as long as 14 hours.

The situation is equally miserable in the country’s
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