Parallel to DGNRER, the Pakistan Council of Appropriate Technology
(PCAT) was also working for the development of renewable
energy technologies under the Ministry of Science and Technology,
which was curtailed to R&D for the promotion of biogas technology
in the country and became focal point for the biogas-related activities.
In 2001, PCAT was merged with National Institute of Silicon
Technology to create Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies
(PCRET) under the same ministry. PCRET has initiated a
comprehensive package for the development and dissemination of
biogas plants and other appropriate sustainable technologies into
the lives of the people in rural areas of the country [36].