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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

500m tonness coal reserves found in Punjab

Lahore—The Chief Minister Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that he would prefer to be killed but would not allow opening of fire at people protesting against load shedding.

Speaking in the Punjab Assembly, Shahbaz said people are highly enraged over the excessive load shedding in Punjab which is being given a step motherly treatment.

He said the provincial government would take steps to generate electricity. He disclosed that as many as 500 million tons of coal reserves coal have been found in Punjab that would help stir the country out of energy crisis.

The chief minister said an Australian company was assigned to carry out a survey in Jehlum. “Now, by the grace of Allah the company has presented its report that confirms coal reserves in the region.

He questioned as to why the previous government didn’t carry out survey in Punjab. He said had it been done in the past, the precious resource could have been exploited for generation of energy.

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