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Resolution inked to import 1300MW power from Central Asian countriesISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday signed a resolution to import 1300 MW electricity from Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan to overcome power shortage in summer season.
The resolution was singed by the four countries including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyz Republic in the two-day meeting of the inter-governmental council of central Asia South Asia (CASA) transmission and trade project, started here.
The proposed project has been abbreviated as CASA-1000 and its transmission facilities would maximize the use of 1,300MW renewable summer electricity surplus from existing plants in Central Asia-Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan and provide electricity to consumers in South Asian countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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