Pak Tribune: The World Bank will not finance coal-fired power plants in Pakistan, which faces a severe energy crisis in the wake of depleting gas fields and too much dependence on the expensive imported oil, officials said. “Yes, the bank has decided that it will not proceed with the Thar coal technical assistance project,” the World Bank’s spokesperson in Islamabad informed The News in an email. “The limited financing available can more effectively be directed towards investment that will …