Pakistan’s Thar Coal Can Produce Cheap Electricity for Next 400 Years

Minister of Planning, Ahsan Iqbal, claimed that Thar Coal Power Plant Project can produce the cheapest electricity for the next 400 years, he said while addressing an event of Pakistan Business Council (PBC) in Islamabad on Thursday.

During the event named, “Private Investment and Reaping Benefits from CPEC”, he said that China assisted in Thar Coal when no other country was ready to invest in Pakistan. He appreciated China’s support over the years and highlighted the country had provided $29 billion during the previous five years.

Commenting on the economic meltdown, Ahsan Iqbal blamed the previous government for inconsistent policies and neglection of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridors (CPEC). He said,” The previous government had brought out the defects in the CPEC in two years.”