EMBASSY OF PAKISTAN 11

Natural gas average production per day stood at 3,966 million cubic feet

during 2007-08 as compared to 3,876 million cubic feet last year, showing

an increase of 2.3 percent.

􀂃 Overall production of gas has increased to 1,090,620 million cubic feet

during July-March 2007-08 as compared to 10,62,124 million cubic feet in

the same period last year, showing an increase of 2.7 percent.

􀂃 Power sector consumes 36.8 percent of gas, followed by fertilizer (20.7

percent), industrial sector (19.8 percent), household (17.4 percent),

commercial sector (2.7 percent) and cement (1.1 percent) during last 10

years i.e. 1997-98 to 2006-07.

Electricity

􀂃 Installed generation capacity has increased to 19,566 MW during July-

March 2007-08 from 19,440 MW during the same period last year, showing

a marginal increase (0.65 percent)

􀂃 Installed capacity of WAPDA stood at 11,654 MW during July-March

2007-08 of which, hydel accounts for 55.6 percent or 6,474 MW, thermal

accounts for 44.4 percent or 5,180 MW.

􀂃 Villages electrified increased to 126,296 by March 2007 from 113,605 upto

2005-06, showing an increase of 11.2 percent.

CNG

􀂃 2,068 CNG stations are operating in the country. By March 2008 about 1.7

million vehicles were converted to CNG as compared to 1.35 million

vehicles during the same period last year, showing an increase of 26 percent.

ENVIRONMENT

􀂃 Cost of environmental neglect and degradation to Pakistan’s economy has

amounted to Rs. 365 billion during the current year.

Millennium Development Goals

􀂃 Pakistan is likely to achieve many of the Millennium Development Goals

(MDGs) 2015 Targets