Pact for 1,000MW with CARs inked

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has signed an agreement with Central Asian States, Tajikistan and Kyrgyztan, for the import of 1000-megawatt electricity through Afghanistan.

Minister of Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf and his Tajik, Kyrgyz and Afghan counterparts singed the agreement after the conclusion of Central Asian and South Asian States conference here on Monday.

On the occasion, Raja Pervez expressed the hope that with the completion of the project, the industrial, agriculture and domestic consumers would get electricity on cheaper rate.