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A high level delegation of Turkmenistan led by Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Vepa Hajiyev held extensive meeting with the Pakistani delegation led by Federal Minister for Energy Mr. Hammad Azhar here today. Both sides discussed various aspects of the flagship Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline as well as the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) power transmission line. Minister Hammad Azhar reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to TAPI project and stressed the need to expedite the project. The same devotion to the multi-lateral project was expressed from Turkmenistan’s side. Minister Hammad Azhar further expressed the resolve of…

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The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has not only turned Pakistan into a power surplus country but also cut the production cost of electricity, Khalid Mansoor, special assistant to the prime minister on CPEC Affairs, said. Pakistan needs a lot of power for domestic and industrial consumers, and the nation’s main production technology depends on expensive imported furnace oil, Mansoor told Xinhua in an interview. In the light of this situation, China invested in power plants in Pakistan and added 5,320 megawatts of electricity to the national grid at a lower cost. “Now…

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Power generation in November 2021 went up by 14 percent year-on-year. The same has gone by nearly 9 percent for Jul-Nov period year-on-year. These are good numbers, without being extraordinary. The suggestion from different quarters—that these numbers indicate a switch to electric heating from natural gas users in the wake of concessional winter package on incremental electricity consumption—is unfounded. Recall that the government has also substantially curtailed natural gas supply to captive power producers, which should have led to more grid consumption from industrial users. While the step is good…

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Gwadar’s water nightmare, shortage and contamination, is going to be over next year as about 168,000 residents of the port city are all set to be recipients of sufficient supply of clean drinking water, Gwadar Pro reported on Wednesday. This will take place after the materialization of many water management projects including water-pipe distribution system from three dams, replacement of water supply lines with rusty and broken lines linked to each and every households and desalinization Plants being spearheaded by Balochistan government and Gwadar Development Authority in 2022. In a…

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