In 2000 Balochistan Liberation Army allegedly bombed one of the minor pipelines transmitting

gas from Sui gas fields. In 2004 Chanda oil fields located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa started oil
production. In 2005 International Sovereign Energy, a Canadian company, signed an MoU with
Oil and Gas Development Company Limited. The memorandum entailed further development of
Toot Oil Fields.Pakistan was hit by one of its most devastating earthquakes which resulted in a
vast damage to the infrastructural capital responsible for transmitting/transferring fuel. In the
December of 2005, Karachi electric Supply Company, one of the largest vertically integrated
power supply company in Pakistan was privatised. In 2006 Mela oil fields were discovered in the
area of Kohat located in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In 2007 Pakistan faced one of its
biggest power failures after Bhuttos assassination in which production fell by 6,000 MW. In
2008 the demand and supply gap pertaining to electricity in Pakistan increased by 15 per cent
The major load shedding crisis also commenced in the same year with power outages extending
up to 16 hours a day in many cities of the country. In 2009 NASHPA oil fields were discovered
in Karak district of Kyber Pakhtunkhwa.In the same year, Karachi faced one of its most crucial
power breakdowns on June 17 in which the entire city was without power for 21 hours and
more.Moreover, the country faced a power shortfall of 4,500 MW in the same year with the
domestic demand rising up to 11,000 MW. However only 6,500 MW of generated power was
catering to the entire demand. In 2010 Sheikhan gas field, which is located in Kohat, Kyber
Pakhtunkhwa, was discovered. Moreover, the torrential rainfall in the year resulted in floods
which caused much damage to the existing infrastructure transmitting/transferring energy and
fuel. Towards the end of the year, countrys first rental power plant (RPP), with the capacity of
232 MW was inaugurated in Karachi.
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http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2010/10/power-tariff-doubled-in-3-years-outagescontinue

http://centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/features/2009/06/23/feature-02
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