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Agreement inked: Kyrgyzstan to help Pakistan control power shortfall

April 30th, 2008 Sana · No Comments

Source: Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Kyrgystan is keen to help Pakistan in power shortfall as country has surplus electricity of one billion kilo watt, Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan, Dr Nurlan Aitmurzaev said on Tuesday.
Kyrgystan has inked an agreement to export it to Central Asian and South Asian Region of Electricity Market (CASAREM) including four countries, Tajikistan, Kyrgystan, Afghanistan […]

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Filed Under: Business

Electricity import: Consortium led by WB to provide $600m to Pakistan

March 8th, 2008 Sana · 1 Comment

Source: Daily Times
By Zafar Bhutta
ISLAMABAD: The banks consortium led by World Bank will provide financing to Pakistan amounting $600 million to import electricity from Tajikistan for overcoming the gap between power demand and supply, a senior official told Daily Times.
Sources said that Pakistan has made inter governmental council that would be led by the federal […]

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Filed Under: Business · Politics

Not My Problem

February 3rd, 2008 durrani · 6 Comments

Source: The News International
Op-Ed by Masood Hasan
In Pakistan the operating principle is it’s everybody else’s problem. This absolves all individuals of any responsibility and paves the way for all and sundry to behave irresponsibly at the best of times and break every existing law, intact or already broken. Thus all problems go on magnifying till […]

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