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May 31, 2020 Government of Pakistan (GOP) has decided to convert all the existing and new power plants on the specification of Thar Coal versus earlier plan of converting these on imported coal ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The government has decided that only Thar coal will be used in coal-based power plants in future. Consequently, new power plants and the existing ones that are to be converted Similarly the govt should incetivise the private sector to mine Thar coal for not only power projects but also to be used in other projects such as Cement, Rail cars, etc. Recommend 0 Akram Engro Thar Block II power plant is a new coal-fired power station located in the Tharparkar district, Sindh, Pakistan. It is Pakistan’s first power plant to use indigenous coal reserves of Thar. The 660MW power plant is part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which forms part of the Belt and Road Initiative to link China with Europe. The Sindh government has urged the federal government to run the second plant of Jamshoro Power Company, having generation capacity of 600 megawatts, on Thar coal, arguing the reduction in A Joint Venture, Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SEMC), between Government of Sindh and Engro established in Oct 2009, for the development of mining at Thar Coal Block II. The project, however, practically took off in the year 2013 when the Federal Government eventually provided a sovereign guarantee to the international investors for the project. ↑ Thar coal power plant to kickstart by June 2019, Geo.tv, 15 Nov. 2016. ↑ History Redefined: Engro successfully synchronizes the 330MW power plant on Thar Coal, Engro press release, 19 Mar. 2019. ↑ Pakistan’s first indigenous coal power plant to be inaugurated tomorrow, Business Recorder, 9 
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