Overview
- A bankable feasibility study by Dornier Group and EY Parthenon was presented to Federal Energy Minister Owais Laghari proposing a brownfield conversion of Jamshoro Power Plant Unit‑01 to run on 100% Thar lignite.
- The study projects $3.239 billion in net benefits over 26 years and says switching fuels would cut foreign‑exchange outflow by about $2.113 billion while costing an estimated $116.6 million to implement with $86.2 million in equity.
- Federal oversight has been formalized through a high‑level steering committee that has met 38 times, 15 of those meetings chaired by the energy minister, to resolve technical, regulatory and lender concerns.
- Separately, political and security developments are notable: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi claimed federal intervention is holding down the rupee‑dollar rate, and Punjab authorities reported the arrest and confession of a relative in the June child‑murder case in Faisalabad.
- Punjab Safe Cities Authority has put operations on high alert and is monitoring Muharram processions from 43 smart control centers, and next steps for the Jamshoro proposal include lender approvals, regulatory sign‑offs and on‑site engineering work that will determine if the projected savings materialize.