Pakistan pursues Bitcoin mining on surplus power and landfill methane capture as separate tracks

• —Pakistan's Crypto Council plans to direct ~2,000 MW of surplus power from coal plants to Bitcoin mining and AI data centers
• —Coal plants run at about 15% capacity, leaving generation infrastructure largely idle
• —The 43-acre Mehmood Booti landfill, holding ~13 million tons of waste, will receive ~Rs5 billion ($17.86 million) for methane capture
• —Methane projects target ~100,000 tons of carbon credits annually rather than powering mining rigs