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. Afghan Minister for Power said that his country would also get 300-megawatt electricity and the project would strengthen economic relations between the Islamic countries. Under the agreement Pakistan will get 5.5 billion units every year at a cost of US 3.3 to 4.7 cent per unit. The power will be transmitted to Pakistan from Afghanistan via Torkhum transmission lines. The transmission line would consist of 477-km of 500 KV AC lines from Kyrgyz Republic to Tajikistan and 750-km of 500 KV high voltages DC between Tajikistan and Pakistan via Kabul. Talking to media persons after the two-day Inter governmental Council (IGC) meeting of the CASAREM (Central Asia/South Asia Regional Electricity Market), the Federal Minister for Water and Power assured that a strategy was being evolved according to which Pakistan's energy needs by 2016 would border on nation's requirement of 16,000 MW. Replying to a question, the Minister said that all the participating nations had promised to abide by the agreement and expressed their strong hopes and beliefs that there would be no security problem for the transmission lines, which would have to pass through Afghanistan. He also assured that the accord agreed upon by all the participants would take of as soon as possible.