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===APTMA Pothohar power station===
In June 2014, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) signed an agreement with China Machinery Engineering Company (CMEC) to built the 330 MW [[APTMA Pothohar power station]]. The power from the plant will supply electricity to textile mills that belong to APTMA, addressing the chronic power shortages facing the mills.<ref name=Daily>[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/business/05-Jun-2014/aptma-punjab-chinese-firm-ink-330mw-coal-fired-power-plant-accord "APTMA Punjab, Chinese firm ink 330 MW coal-fired power plant accord,"] Daily Times, June 5, 2014</ref> APTMA has also agreed to execute power purchase agreements with CMEC.<ref name=Daily/>
===[[Bin Qasim power station]]===
In March 2015 it was reported that the 420 MW coal project had been granted a generation license by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority. Sponsor K-Electric signed a contract with Harbin Electric of China in 2013, under which Harbin will construct coal-fired boilers for the two units of Bin Qasim.<ref>Diarmaid Williams, [http://bit.ly/1xwz3rO "Bin Qasim Power Station to undergo $400m coal-fired power conversion,"] Power Engineering International, 19 March 2015</ref>
===[[Bin Qasim Dongfang power station]]===
According to a June 2014 article in ''Business Recorder,'' Asiapak Investments (J Energy Pvt Ltd Pakistan) and [[Dongfang Electric Corporation]] signed a Memorandum of Agrement to built a 1320-megawatt (MW) coal plant comprising six 220 MW units at Bin Qasim, Karachi. The project is aimed at commercial operation in the first quarter of 2018. Asiapak is also partnering with international companies to establish coal import and handling infrastructure at [[Port Qasim]] with 10 million tonnes per annum throughput capacity.<ref>[http://bit.ly/YWGV5A "1320 megawatts coal-fired power plant at Bin Qasim: Asiapak Investment, Dongfang Electric China sign MoA,"] Business Recorder, June 6, 2014</ref>
===Faisalabad FIEDMC power station===
===Hubco power station===
In January 2015, the Hub Power Company announced that it will build a 1,320 MW (2 x 660 MW) coal plant next to its current power station at Hub in Balochistan, Pakistan. The plant would gradually be expanded to 3,960 MW (6 x 660 MW). The project would run on imported coal, for which a coal jetty would be developed.<ref>Khaleeq Kiani, [http://www.dawn.com/news/1158111/hubco-to-set-up-1320mw-coal-based-power-plants "Hubco to set up 1,320MW coal-based power plants,"] Dawn, 20 January 2015</ref> Later that year Hubco signed a joint venture agreement with China Power International Holding, a wholly-owned core enterprise of the China Power Investment Corporation, to set up the plant as China Power Hub Generation Company.<ref name=tin>[http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/98075-Nepra-grants-tariff-for-1320MW-coal-power-plants "Nepra grants tariff for 1,320MW coal power plants,"] The International News, February 14, 2016</ref>
Chinese banks led by the China Development Bank have loaned US$1.5 billion for the project, which is planned for operation in 2019.<ref name=xinoct>[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/24/c_136703157.htm "Pakistan coal power plant signs loan contract with Chinese banks,"] Xinhua Net, Oct 24, 2017</ref>
===Karachi power station===
