KARACHI -- Pakistan is expanding domestic lignite production in a bid to replace costly fuel imports that are bearing down on its foreign exchange reserves and exacerbating circular debt in the power sector.
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Pakistan to burn more domestic coal despite climate pledge
Islamabad expands use of lignite to ease burden of expensive imported fuel
China Machinery Engineering Corp. and Chinese bank loans are helping Pakistan expand an open-pit coal mining site in Tharparkar. Here, dump trucks work the mine. © Reuters
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