Yes. I remember him talking about Ghauri 3 and developing a SLV (assuming based on it) back in the days.
Even a technology demonstrator with not so advanced Sat will be enough to prove the capability. I hope they do.
Both are at the end of their 30 year period. So it’s just a survival move. They want guaranteed capacity charges for another 25 years.
What is needed is to get the imported coal plants to do one time investment to convert to Thar coal.
Khata hai tau ghalat lagata hai. Like sahiwal coal, bhikki, baloki. All white elephants destroying the whole power sector. Because khana decides kahan lagana hai not the merit of kahan lagana chahiye.