Federal & Punjab Govts initiatives/Progress

[Captain1]

Re: Government plans to produce power from Coal on a big scale

@desert_bird

However, according to sources, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which had earlier pledged $1.4 billion in financing the conversion of existing power projects into coal-based plants, has now backed out because of row over consumption of Thar coal. The bank wants Pakistan to use imported coal for power production by the IPPs, but the previous government was reluctant, stressing it would allow only Thar coal-based power plants.

“Now, the ADB has agreed to provide funds for the new 1,200MW coal-fired projects at Jamshoro,” the official said.
The shift to coal is aimed at avoiding the circular debt build-up in future and providing cheap electricity to the consumers. The debt has plagued the entire energy chain, forcing the government to spend billions of rupees every month to prop up the energy system.

Does it mean that “now the government has agreed to use imported coal”?

Government needs to act in both directions 1) generate more power 2) collect unpaid bills, that is the only way to ensure sustained power generation for long term otherwise we will keep spending in power generation/maintenance and it will keep leaking out to power thieves.