'Coal reserves enough to meet energy needs for 350 years'
Advisor to caretaker Prime Minister and Chairman, Pakistan State Oil (PSO), Sardar Yaseen Malik, has said that Pakistan has enough coal reserves to meet its energy requirement for the next 350 years. Speaking at a reception, hosted by Honorary Consul General of Albania Zafar Ansari, he said that the government was working on various alternative energy projects to meet the energy requirement. Referring to the PSO, he said that the PSO was meeting around 70 percent oil requirement of the country and its daily sale on working days was around Rs 1.5 billion.