With about 32 trillion cubic feet of recoverable reserves held in large gas fields, the country boasts indigenous supplies that could be sustained for at least two decades.

However, issues such as poli­tic­al in­stability, terrorism, litigation and corruption pose a big threat to the security of Pakistan’s ­energy sector and are hindering ­efforts to exploit its untapped reserves.

With rapidly escalating ­demand, the country consumes its entire gas production of 4.2