• Study identifies gas-reliant sectors as strongest candidates for transition • Shift requires reforms, clean energy, supportive power tariffs, and financing incentives ISLAMABAD: Pakistan can avoid more than 36 per cent in energy expenditure and cut its greenhouse gas emissions by over 50 per cent by 2050 by electrifying its industry, which is heavily reliant on natural gas for heat processes, said a new study. The study, which outlines a roadmap for industrial electrification, is conducted by Berlin-based Agora Energiewende and Islamabad-based Policy Research Institute for Equitable Development (Pried). Industrial electrification involves replacing fossil-fuel-based production processes with electricity-powered technologies and alternatives, explained Manzoor Ahmad, one of the study’s authors and a researcher at Pried.